The Amazing Transparent Man

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

4.0/10

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Director
- Edgar G. Ulmer
Writer
- Jack Lewis(original screenplay)
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Marguerite Chapman in The Amazing Transparent Man (1960)

Douglas Kennedy in The Amazing Transparent Man (1960)

James Griffith in The Amazing Transparent Man (1960)

Marguerite Chapman, James Griffith, and Douglas Kennedy in The Amazing Transparent Man (1960)

Marguerite Chapman, Douglas Kennedy, and Boyd 'Red' Morgan in The Amazing Transparent Man (1960)

Cormel Daniel and Ivan Triesault in The Amazing Transparent Man (1960)

Ed Erwin and Jonathan Ledford in The Amazing Transparent Man (1960)

Patrick Cranshaw, Ed Erwin, Jonathan Ledford, and Norman Smith in The Amazing Transparent Man (1960)

Patrick Cranshaw in The Amazing Transparent Man (1960)

Paul Krenner, an ex-major with delusions of grandeur, has forced scientist Peter Ulof to develop a radiation-based technique to turn men invisible, with which process he plans to create an invisible army to sell to the highest bidder. He busts safecracker Joey Faust out of prison and forces him to undergo the invisibility treatment so he can steal more radium to further the experimentation. Plans go awry when Faust discovers there is a side-effect to the invisibility treatments he didn't count on. —Doug Sederberg <vornoff@sonic.net>

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Taglines
- Invisible and Deadly!
Genres
- Horror
- Sci-Fi
Certificate
- Approved
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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
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
Major Paul Krenner: I must know the full potential of your invention because my aim is to make an entire army invisible. Do you understand that? An entire army.

Crazy credits
Opening credits are shown on a gray prison wall.

Alternate versions
There have been three prints of this film:
The original negative print by Miller Consolidated Pictures (MCP). The film opens with the MCP company logo, and retains the pre-credits prologue. The film does not have any end titles; it ends with Dr. Peter Ulof (Ivan Triesault) facing the camera, asking "What would you do?" And the film simply fades to black. This version is available on DVD by MGM Home Entertainment (with the MGM "Lion" logo added at the beginning and after the end).
The theatrical release print by American International Pictures (AIP). The AIP logo (with ominous fanfare) replaces the MCP logo at the beginning, and is also added at the end (right after Dr. Ulof's "What would you do?" speech after fadeout). This is the version used on the movie-mocking TV series, "Mystery Science Theater 3000."
A public domain print, possibly used for syndicated/local TV. The MCP logo and the film's prologue are omitted, and begins at the film's title. A "The End" title card (plain font placed within a four-square gray/screentone background) was tacked on (complete with a relieved, low-tone piano cue), fading in after Dr. Ulof's "What would you do?" speech, and fading out.

Connections
Featured in Aweful Movies with Deadly Earnest: The Amazing Transparent Man (1969)

Top review

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.

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