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Overview

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6.7/10   2,044 votes
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Director:

Charles Lamont

Writers:

Hugh Wedlock Jr. (story) and
Howard Snyder (story) ...
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Release Date:

7 March 1951 (USA) more

Genre:

Comedy | Sci-Fi | Sport more

Tagline:

AS PRIVATE EYES...they're getting an Eyeful! more

Plot:

Two bumbling private eyes help a man wrongly accused of murder who has become invisible to help clear his name. full summary | add synopsis

User Comments:

Certainly one of the best in the series. more (30 total)


Cast

  (Complete credited cast)
Bud Abbott ... Bud Alexander
Lou Costello ... Lou Francis
Nancy Guild ... Helen Gray
Arthur Franz ... Tommy Nelson
Adele Jergens ... Boots Marsden
Sheldon Leonard ... Boots Morgan
William Frawley ... Det. Roberts
Gavin Muir ... Dr. Philip Gray
Sam Balter ... Radio announcer (voice)
John Daheim ... Rocky Hanlon (as John Day)
Paul Maxey ... Dr. James C. Turner, Police Psychiatrist
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

Meet the Invisible Man
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Runtime:

82 min | Argentina:86 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Certification:

USA:Approved (PCA #15003) | USA:Passed (National Board of Review) | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | Finland:K-12 | Sweden:15


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

The 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). more

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: When Bud puts down the drink of the second bar guy, you can see the thin wires if you look very carefully. more

Quotes:

Dr. James C. Turner, Police Psychiatrist: [hypnotizing Lou with a watch] Tick-tock-tick-tock-tick-tock...
Lou Francis: [gasps] You forgot to say the mouse went up the clock!
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Movie Connections:

Featured in "Svengoolie: Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man" (2006) more


FAQ

List: Wacky boxing
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3 out of 3 people found the following comment useful.
Certainly one of the best in the series., 4 March 2008
8/10
Author: JohnRouseMerriottChard from United Kingdom

Our intrepid bumbling duo deliver the goods in one of the better offerings in 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, but it's the 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 to a dam fine job with the invisible man of the piece.

Not quite as good as...Meet Frankenstein, but it's darn near close, 8/10.

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