THE INVISIBLE BOY-1957-A giant computer
created by Dr. Merrinoe (Phillip Abbott) turns the scientist's son
Timmie (Richard Eyer) invisible and plots to enslave the Earth with
some rockets the US had ready to launch. The doc gets help from Robby
The Robot who plants metal disks in the head of an army general
(Harold J Stone) and some government scientists (including Robert H
Harris and Than Wyenn). Eventually Robby and Timmie wind up on a
rocketship. After they think the computer is finished it comes back
and nearly succeeds in enslaving father and son but Robby saves the
day and prevents the boy from being spanked by dad. The plot
alternates from very dumb to very eerie.
The actress who plays Timmie's mom is Diane Brewster who a few years later played the doomed Helen Kimble (in flashback scenes) on TV's THE FUGITIVE!
Director Herman Hoffman did
mostly TV after this. The screenplay is by Cyril Hume who the year
before wrote Robby the Robot's debut film FORBIDDEN PLANET. Eyer
later played the genie in THE SEVENTH VOYAGE OF SINBAD.
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