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Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951) 6.7
Two bumbling private eyes help a man wrongly accused of murder who has become invisible to help clear his name. Director:Charles Lamont |
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Boots Marsden
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Boxer Tommy Nelson is accused of killing his manager. While detectives Bud and Lou investigate they come across an invisibility formula with which Tommy injects himself rather than face the police. This sparks an idea for trapping gangster Morgan by having Lou fight champ Rocky Hanlon, with Tommy's invisible help. Written by Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>
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invisibility | detective | manager | reference to william shakespeare | prizefighter |Taglines:
AS PRIVATE EYES...they're getting an Eyeful! See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
7 March 1951 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Meet the Invisible Man See more »Filming Locations:
Colonial Street, Backlot, Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USABox Office
Budget:
$627,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Mono (Western Electric Recording)Color:
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1.37 : 1
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Bud Alexander: [whispering] I slipped the guy twenty bucks. Now keep quiet.
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Several shots are from Universal's The Invisible Man Returns: the scenes where the guinea pig is turned Invisible (reversed footage), the harness of the invisible guinea pig moving around its cage and the scene where the Invisible Man is unpacking a suitcase of clothes left outside in the woods. See more »Goofs
At the poker game, the cards move randomly about the table probably due to various different takes needed. See more »Quotes
Lou Francis: [about graduating] This is the happiest day of my life, how did I ever graduate?Bud Alexander: [whispering] I slipped the guy twenty bucks. Now keep quiet.
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Our intrepid bumbling duo deliver the goods in one of the better offerings on their considerable CV. Here they are freshly qualified Private Investigators thrust into a murder investigation with an invisible man. That alone should tell you that the fun flows at a very decent clip, so with that I just need to say that some of the sequences here are comedy gold. Like a scene at a restaurant that is excellent, or Costello pretending to work the ball in the gym, and a final reel of a boxing match that really gets the laughter flowing. Watching these guys act as if with a real invisible man is wonderful, and of course the effects team also deserve praise for doing such a damn fine job with the invisible man of the piece.
Not quite as good as...Meet Frankenstein, but it's darn near close. 8/10