The Amazing Transparent Man (1960)

User Rating:

3.0/10   

Director:

Edgar G. Ulmer

Writer:

Jack Lewis (original screenplay)

Release Date:

July 1960 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Invisible and Deadly!

Plot:

A crazed scientist invents an invisibility formula. He plans to use the formula to create an army of invisible zombies.

Plot Keywords:

Invisibility | Scientist | Safecracker | Invisibility Ray | Laboratory

Cast

Marguerite Chapman	...	Laura Matson
Douglas Kennedy	...	Joey Faust
James Griffith	...	Maj. Paul Krenner
Ivan Triesault	...	Dr. Peter Ulof
Boyd 'Red' Morgan	...	Julian (as Red Morgan)
Carmel Daniel	...	Maria Ulof
Edward Erwin	...	Drake
Jonathan Ledford	...	Smith
Norman Smith	...	Security guard
Patrick Cranshaw	...	Security guard
Kevin Kelly	...	Woman
Dennis Adams	...	State Police officer
Stacy Morgan	...	State Police officer

Also Known As:

Search for a Shadow (USA) (original script title)

Runtime:

57 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

Australia:G | USA:Not Rated (DVD rating) | Australia:M (TV rating) | USA:Unrated (2005 DVD release) | USA:Approved

Filming Locations:

Berkshires, Massachusetts, USA

Company:

Miller Consolidated Pictures (MCP)

Trivia:

This was shot back-to-back with Beyond the Time Barrier (1960). The combined shooting schedule was only two weeks. They became Edgar G. Ulmer's last American films.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Drake uses binoculars to view what is left of ground zero for the lab explosion, the perspective of what he is seeing through the binoculars changes four times (one of the views is from ground up at a man in a fallout suit), all of which are technically impossible from his vantage point.

Quotes:

Laura Matson: I know what I've been, Joey, but I can change all that. What are you doing?
Joey Faust: Giving you your split. You're on your own, Baby!
Laura Matson: But you... you said we would be together!
Joey Faust: Honey, right now I need a car more than I need you. You can start walking anytime.
Laura Matson: But you can't just go off and leave me... Joey?
Joey Faust: Goodbye, Laura!

Movie Connections:

Featured in Trailer Cinema (1992) (TV)

Entertaining b-grade sci fi thriller.

Why are people so down on this modest but enjoyable movie? Beats me. Joey Faust (what a name!), safecracker, is busted out of the pokey and made an offer - turn invisible and steal radium for a mad scientist/soldier planning on setting up an invisible army to conquer the world. Joey goes along with it but quickly decides to use his powers for what comes naturally - stealing lots of do re mi. This causes conflict as you can imagine, and then his invisibility goes on the fritz. Faust is played by Douglas Kennedy who played one of the cops in 'Invaders From Mars', the baddie is James Griffith who had a bit part in Kubrick's 'The Killing', and the movie was directed by Edward G. Ulmer who made the strange Lugosi/Karloff classic 'The Black Cat' back in the 1930s. 'The Amazing Transparent Man' won't change your life, but it's entertaining enough. Worth a look for fans of 1960s/60s b-grade thrillers.