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Two bumbling private eyes help a man, wrongly accused of murder who has become invisible, to clear his name.Two bumbling private eyes help a man, wrongly accused of murder who has become invisible, to clear his name.Two bumbling private eyes help a man, wrongly accused of murder who has become invisible, to clear his name.
- Awards
- 1 nomination
John Daheim
- Rocky Hanlon
- (as John Day)
Walter F. Appler
- Professor Dugan
- (uncredited)
Howard Banks
- Officer
- (uncredited)
Bobby Barber
- Sneaky
- (uncredited)
Richard Bartell
- Bald Man
- (uncredited)
Phil Bloom
- Fight Spectator
- (uncredited)
John Breen
- Trainer
- (uncredited)
Milt Bronson
- Ring Announcer
- (uncredited)
Ralph Brooks
- Man at Bar
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe picture in Dr. Gray's laboratory of Griffin, the inventor of the invisibility serum, is a photo of Claude Rains, who played the title role in "The Invisible Man (1933)."
- GoofsThe boxer, Tommy Nelson, is invisible and in order to stay this way he must not wear ANY clothes. This would include shoes. And yet when he walks across the mat in the boxing gym his footprints are very apparent, but as if he he wearing shoes and not bare feet.
- Quotes
Lou Francis: [about graduating] This is the greatest thing that ever happened to me, how did I ever graduate?
Bud Alexander: [whispering] I slipped the guy twenty bucks. Now keep quiet.
- Alternate versionsThere is an Italian edition of this film inside DVD "IL CERVELLO DI FRANKENSTEIN", distributed by DNA Srl (2 Films on a single DVD). The film has been re-edited with the contribution of film historian Riccardo Cusin. This version is also available for streaming on some platforms.
- ConnectionsFeatured in 100 Years of Horror: Phantoms (1996)
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The formula for Invisible Power...
I had a tough time thinking of words for this movie, because outside of the presence of Bud & Lou, the rest of the cast is very unremarkable. Or--to put it another way--if this had been a "Straight up" horror film, I imagine I wouldn't waste too much time watching it, much like "The Invisible Man's Revenge."
In fact, the actor who plays Tommy Nelson is much like a Jon Hall, nothing remarkable about him at all & I'm left to wonder if a Vincent Price or Lon Chaney could have elevated this film from good to great?
Conjecture aside, the fact that I did enjoy this one speaks volumes for the gifts of Bud & Lou. Put the money there and leave it there, the boxing match & a rather devilish Lou groping nurses in an elevator in the final reel while Bud gets blamed for being a masher are quite hilarious.
Overall, a very good movie--not quite "Meet Frankenstein," but I didn't expect that high standard going in. And it's miles better than "The Killer, Boris Karloff" or even the somewhat woeful "Jekyll and Hyde."
In fact, the actor who plays Tommy Nelson is much like a Jon Hall, nothing remarkable about him at all & I'm left to wonder if a Vincent Price or Lon Chaney could have elevated this film from good to great?
Conjecture aside, the fact that I did enjoy this one speaks volumes for the gifts of Bud & Lou. Put the money there and leave it there, the boxing match & a rather devilish Lou groping nurses in an elevator in the final reel while Bud gets blamed for being a masher are quite hilarious.
Overall, a very good movie--not quite "Meet Frankenstein," but I didn't expect that high standard going in. And it's miles better than "The Killer, Boris Karloff" or even the somewhat woeful "Jekyll and Hyde."
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- simeon_flake
- Jul 6, 2020
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- Meet the Invisible Man
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- $627,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 22 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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By what name was Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951) officially released in India in English?
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