It cracks, it hisses, there's nothing to see

Movie
German title	It cracks, it hisses, there's nothing to see
Original title	Now You See Him, Now You Don't
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	1972
length	88 minutes
Age rating	FSK 6
Rod
Director	Robert Butler
script	Joseph L. McEveety Robert L. King
production	Ron Miller
music	Robert F. Brunner
camera	Frank V. Phillips
cut	Cotton Warburton
occupation
Kurt Russell : Dexter Reilly Cesar Romero : AJ Arno Joe Flynn : Dean Eugene Higgins Jim Backus : Timothy Forsythe William Windom : Professor Lufkin Michael McGreevey : Richard Schuyler Richard Bakalyan : Cookie Joyce Menges : Debbie Dawson Alan Hewitt : Dean Edgar Collingswood Ed Begley Jr .: Druffle

It crashes, it hisses to seh'n is nothin ' (original title: Now You See Him, Now You Do not ) is an American comedy film from 1972. The director in this Disney production led Robert Butler , the screenplay wrote Joseph L. McEveety and Robert L. King . The main role was played by Kurt Russell . The alternative title is The Invisible Supertype .

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The chemistry student Dexter Reilly develops a spray that makes you invisible. Since his college is in financial difficulties, Reilly announces his invention of a competition in which 50,000 US dollars to be won.

Two gangsters steal the spray and use the invention for a large-scale theft of the money. The police are tracking the thieves' invisible car, and the students are blocking the street so that the car goes into the swimming pool of a house. There the car and the thieves become visible again, the criminals are arrested.

The spray container is submitted on time, the invention wins the prize. Reilly promises to make a new lucrative invention next year.

Premieres

• Canada July 7th 1972
• USA 12th July 1972
• Germany May 11th 1973

Trivia

• Kurt Russell embodied the role of Dexter Reilly in 1969 in mastermind in tennis shoes . A third film followed in 1975 with The Retort Goliath .

Reviews

• “Typical Disney product, technically perfect and pleasantly staged; Far from life, superficial, undemanding entertainment. ” - Lexicon of international film

• "Flotte Klamotte." - Abendzeitung , Munich

• On May 26, 2004, John Sinnott wrote on dvdtalk.com that the film may not be one of the great classics of comedies, but that it is amusing. Sinnott praised the performances by Kurt Russell and Michael McGreevey.

Web links

• It cracks, hisses to seh'n is nothin ' in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• It cracks, hisses to seh'n is nothin ' at Rotten Tomatoes (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ It cracks, it hisses, there is nothing to see. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .  
2. ↑ Report on dvdtalk.com