The Invisible Woman (1940 film) Fred Rinaldo wrote the screenplay in slapstick style, while H. G. Wells was again credited as the original author of "The Invisible Man". The film was directed by A. Edward Sutherland. It was the first role for Maria Montez. This film runs for 70 minutes and was filmed in black and white with mono sound. The special effects were produced by John P. Fulton, who earned another nomination for an Oscar following his comparable effects work in "The Invisible Man Returns". John D. Hall also was nominated for the Oscar. The John Howard who appears in the film and in
Griffin (The Invisible Man) Griffin is given the first name "Hawley" in the title (as a reference to Hawley Crippen), and it is explained that the Invisible Man killed at the end of the book was actually a half-wit albino that Griffin made invisible as a guinea pig, allowing him to escape to Rosa Coote's boarding school, where he rapes at least three women while posing as the Holy Spirit until he is captured by the rest of the League. He is portrayed as a power-hungry psychopath and murderer, as in the novel, at one point killing a random policeman solely for his uniform