| The Invisible Boy | |
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| Directed by | Herman Hoffman |
| Written by | Edmund Cooper (story) Cyril Hume |
| Produced by | Nicholas Nayfack |
| Starring | Richard Eyer Philip Abbott Diane Brewster Harold J. Stone |
| Cinematography | Harold E. Wellman |
| Edited by | John Faure |
| Music by | Les Baxter |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn Mayer |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $384,000[1] |
| Box office | $840,000[1] |
The Invisible Boy (aka S.O.S Spaceship) is a 1957 black and white American science fiction film from Metro-Goldwyn Mayer, produced by Nicholas Nayfack, directed by Herman Hoffman, and starring Richard Eyer and Philip Abbott. It is the second film appearance of Robby the Robot, the science fiction character who "stole the show" in Forbidden Planet (1956),[2] also released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. According to an implied, subtle back story in The Invisible Boy, the robot is the same character as that in Forbidden Planet, which is set in the 23rd century; Robby is brought back to the film's mid-20th century era by time travel.
- ^ a b The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
- ^ Chaw, Walter (December 19, 2007). "Forbidden Planet - 50th Anniversary Special Two-Disk Edition". Archived from the original on 2010-06-20. Primarily a review of Forbidden Planet, Chaw has little use for The Invisible Boy.