USA, 1951
82m, 7394 feet/2254 metres
35mm film, black and white
mono, English
Reviewed at The EOFFTV Review
An American comedy science fiction film directed by Charles Lamont.
Plot Summary
When boxer Tommy Nelson is accused of killing his manager, bungling detectives Bud and Lou investigate. Rather than face the police, Tommy injects himself with an invisibility formula and together with Abbott and Costello, he plans to capture the real culprit, Morgan, with Costello and an invisible Tommy fighting Rocky Hanlon in the ring…
Credits
* = uncredited
Crew
Director: Charles Lamont
Universal International Pictures
Producer: Howard Christie
Script: Frederic I. Rinaldo, John Grant, Robert Lees
Story: Hugh Wedlock Jr, Howard Snyder
Characters: H.G. Wells
Director of Photography: George Robinson
Editor: Virgil W. Vogel
Music Director: Joseph Gershenson
Music: Daniele Amfitheatrof, Johnny Green, William Lava, Milton Rosen, Hans J. Salter, Walter Scharf, Eric Zeisl [all uncredited]
Sound: Leslie I. Carey, Robert Pritchard
Make Up: Bud Westmore
Hairstyles: Joan St. Oegger
Special Effects: David S. Horsley
Optical Photography: Roswell A. Hoffmann
Art Director: Bernard Herzbrun, Richard Riedel
Set Decorators: Russell A. Gausman, John Austin
Cast
Bud Abbott (Bud Alexander)
Lou Costello (Lou Francis)
Nancy Guild (Helen Gray)
Arthur Franz (Tommy Nelson)
Adele Jergens (Boots Marsden)
Sheldon Leonard (Morgan)
William Frawley (Detective Roberts)
Gavin Muir (Dr Philip Gray)
Sam Balter (voice of radio announcer)
John Day [real name: John Daheim] (Rocky Hanlon)
Billy Wayne (Rooney)
Bobby Barber (Sneaky)
Edward Gargan (Milt)
Paul Maxey (Dr James C. Turner)
Herbert Vigran (Stillwell)
Frankie Van (referee)
Carl Sklover (Lou's handler)
George J. Lewis (Torpedo)
Ralph Dunn (motorcycle cop)
Harold Goodwin (bartender)
Perc Launders (cop)
Edith Sheets (nurse)
Milt Bronson (ring announcer)
Richard Bartell (baldheaded man)
Syd Saylor (waiter)
Charles Perry (Rocky's handler)
Walter F. Appler [Dugan] *
Howard Banks [officer] *
Ralph Brooks, Roy Darmour, Dick Gordon, Rory Mallinson [man] *
Russ Conway, Billy Snyder [newspapermen] *
Frank Dae [Colonel Duffie] *
Kit Guard [fighter] *
Donald Kerr [ice cream vendor] *
Ralph Montgomery, Franklin Parker [photographers] *
Charles Perry [Rocky's handler] *
Syd Saylor [waiter] *
Jack Shutta [attendant] *
Alternative Titles
Abbott en Costello en de Onzichtbare Man – Dutch title
Abbott und Costello auf Sherlock Holmes' Spuren – German title
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man – on-screen title
Bud Abbott Lou Costello… Meet the Invisible Man
Gianni e Pinotto contro l'uomo invisibile – Italian title
Meet the Invisible Man
Das Unsichtbare trifft Abbott und Costello – German title
Links
See also
The Invisible Man (1933)
Extracts included in
The Invisible Man Returns (1940)
References
Periodicals
- Castle of Frankenstein no.6 p.4
- The Film User vol. no.67 (May 1952) p.245 – review
- Monthly Film Bulletin vol.1 no.209 (June 1951) p.278 – credits, review
- Motion Picture Herald vol.181 no.2 (14 October 1950) – note
- Motion Picture Herald vol.182 no.10 (10 March 1951) p.24 – note
- Motion Picture Herald vol.182 no.11 (17 March 1951) p.758 – review
- Today's Cinema vol.7 no.6235 (23 April 1951) p.5 – review
- Variety 7 March 1951 – review
Books
- The Abbott and Costello Book by Jim Mulholland pp.156-158; 233-234
- Abbott and Costello on the Home Front: A Critical Study of the Wartime Films by Scott Allen Nollen pp.197-198 – illustrated credits
- The Abbott & Costello Story by Stephen Cox and John Lofflin pp.228
- Aurum Film Encyclopedia: Science Fiction by Phil Hardy (ed). p.126 – credits, review
- Classic Movie Monsters by Donald F. Glut pp.148-150 – note
- Creature Features Movie Guide Strikes Again by John Stanley p.10 – credits, review
- A Critical Guide to Horror Film Series by Ken Hanke pp.75; 77 – credits, review
- The Encyclopedia of Fantastic Film by R.G. Young p.1 – credits
- Encyclopedia of Science Fiction Films from 1897 to the Present by C.J. Henderson p.2 – credits, synopsis
- Ghosts and Angels in Hollywood Films by James Robert Parish p.1 – credits
- Hoffman's Guide to Science Fiction, Horror and Fantasy Movies 1991-1992 p.14 – credits, review
- Horror and Science Fiction Films: A Checklist by Donald C. Willis p.14 – credits
- Horror and Science Fiction Films III by Donald C. Willis p.1 – credits
- The Horror Factory: The Horror Films of Universal 1931-195 by Bruce Dettman and Michael Bedford pp.159-160;170 – article, review; credits
- Horror Film Handbook by Alan Frank p.10 – credits, review
- Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Film and Television Credits Volume III by Harris M. Lentz pp.731-732 – credits
- The Horror Spoofs of Abbott and Costello: A Critical Assessment of the Comedy Team's Monster Films by Jeffrey S. Miller pp.24, 65-87, 93, 97, 134, 162
- Keep Watching the Skies: The 21st Century Edition by Bill Warren pp.26-27 – credits, synopsis, review
- The Monster Movies of Universal Studios by James L. Neibaur pp.165-170 – illustrated credits, article
- The Psychotronic Encyclopedia of Film by Michael Weldon p.3 – credits, review
- Reference Guide to Fantastic Films by Walt Lee p.1 – credits
- Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Film Sequels, Series, and Remakes by Kim R. Holston and Tom Winchester p.293-294 – illustrated credits, review
- Science Fiction Film Source Book edited by David Wingrove p.20 – credits, review
- Universal Studios Monsters: A Legacy of Horror by Michael Mallory p.207 – illustrated article, review
- Videohound's Complete Guide to Cult Flicks and Trash Pics p.2 – credits, review
