An eccentric inventor creates a lighter-than-air substance and uses it to make his car fly, attracting the attention of an unscrupulous spy ring. Disney fantasy comedy, starring Fred MacMurray, Tommy Kirk and Nancy Olson
The Absent-Minded Professor is a 1961 American film distributed by Walt Disney Productions based on the short story A Situation of Gravity, by Samuel W. Taylor. The title character was based in part on Hubert Alyea, a professor emeritus of chemistry at Princeton University, who was known as "Dr. Boom" for his explosive demonstrations. The film was a huge success at the box-office, and two years later became the first Disney film to have a sequel, 1963's Son of Flubber.
