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    Invisible Boy, The (1957)

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    invisibleboy_001A ten-year-old boy and Robby the Robot team up to prevent a supercomputer from controlling the Earth from a satellite.

    Edmund Cooper’s original short story made no mention of a robot, but, following the success of Forbidden Planet (1956), producer Nicholas Nayfack persuaded Cyril Hume to rework it as a vehicle for Robby the Robot.

    The parallel between young Timmie Merrinoe (Richard Eyer) being groomed for greatness by his scientist father (Philip Abbott), and Robby’s rebellion against the megalomaniac supercomputer is neatly drawn.

    invisibleboy31But younger viewers will be more interested in Robby and Timmie’s invisible antics (designed to teach his folks a lesson) than any cornball moralising.

    Timmie Merrinoe
    Richard Eyer
    Dr Tom Merrinoe
    Philip Abbott
    Mary Merrinoe
    Diane Brewster
    General Swayne
    Harold J. Stone
    Prof. Frank Allerton
    Robert H. Harris
    Colonel Macklin
    Dennis McCarthy
    Robby
    Robby the Robot
    Robby (voice)
    Marvin Miller
    Arthur Kelvaney
    Alexander Lockwood
    Prof. Baine
    John O’Malley
    Dr Bannerman
    Gage Clarke
    Prof. Zeller
    Than Wyenn
    Prof. Foster
    Jefferson Dudley Searles

    Director
    Herman Hoffman

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