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The Invisible Ray
Release Date	January 20, 1936
Genre	Sci Fi
Director	Lambert Hillyer
Screenwriter	Howard Higgin (story) Douglas Hodges(story) Douglas Hodges (screenplay)
Stars	Boris Karloff Bela Lugosi Frances Drake Frank Lawton Violet Kemble Cooper Walter Kingsford
Studio	Universal Pictures

The Invisible Ray is a 1936 scifi film directed by Lambert Hillyer and featuring horror greats, Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi. Karloff plays scientis Janos Rukh, who leads an expedition to Africa to investigate an ancient meteorite. After he is exposed to radiation from the meteorite he faces death but Dr. Benet (Bela Lugosi) saves him with an antidote. Rukh's touch, however, causes instant death to anyone he touches. After returning to London, Benet realizes controlled release of radiation from the meteor may return sight to the blind. But the meteor causes more negative effects on Rukh who goes into a paranoid rage and accuses his fellow expedition members of stealing his discovery. (story)