The Invisible Man (1975–1976)

The weekly adventures of Dr. Daniel Westin, an invisible scientist working as an agent for a private thinktank.

Creators:

Harve Bennett, Steven Bochco

Stars:

David McCallum, Melinda O. Fee, Craig Stevens

Cast

Complete series cast summary:
David McCallum	...	Dr. Daniel Westin (13 episodes, 1975-1976)
Melinda O. Fee	...	Dr. Kate Westin (13 episodes, 1975-1976)
Craig Stevens	...	Walter Carlson (12 episodes, 1975-1976)

Storyline

Dr. Daniel Westin was a scientist working with a government thinktank known as the KLAE Corporation who was rendered invisible by a formula concocted by himself that was supposed to be used for matter transformation. Before he can return to normal, Westin discovers the federal government has plans to use his invisibility formula for warlike purposes, so he destroys the only formula. Unfortunately he has no way to become visible again, so, wearing a very realistic face mask and hands, he becomes an agent for KLAE, fighting crime and battling saboteurs, while simultaneously working in KLAE's laboratory with wife Kate to rediscover his formula. Walter Carlson was their sympathetic boss at KLAE.

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Plot Keywords:

mask | scientist | spy | invisible man | based on novel

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Genres:

Adventure | Sci-Fi

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

8 September 1975 (USA)

Also Known As:

A láthatatlan nyomozó

Company Credits

Production Co:

Silverton Productions, Universal TV

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min 60 min (14 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Spoofed in The Benny Hill Show: Murder on the Oregon Express (1976)

User Reviews

Short lived but scary

Atmospheric, scary little series brings the Invisible Man into the modern era through McCallum's revision as the scientist who discovers the secret to transparency, then loses the ability to reverse the procedure. The series is devoted to his desperate attempts to identify a cure, before his mind deteriorates. McCallum spends the series cloaked in a trench-coat, hat and bandaged face, his voice the only clue to his identity.

This series ran on the ABC in Australia in the mid eighties and while the staging was a little claustrophobic by virtue of the theatre like set design, the music was haunting and the tone was always tense and nightmarish. While it only lasted a dozen or so episodes, the ending was both fitting in resolving McCallum's affliction, and as I recall, somewhat depressing in deciding his fate. Not the upbeat climax some might expect, yet appropriate of the rather dark mood that prevailed. Brief but memorable and worth a look.