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Two bumbling private eyes help a man, wrongly accused of murder who has become invisible, to clear his name.Two bumbling private eyes help a man, wrongly accused of murder who has become invisible, to clear his name.Two bumbling private eyes help a man, wrongly accused of murder who has become invisible, to clear his name.
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- 1 nomination
John Daheim
- Rocky Hanlon
- (as John Day)
Walter F. Appler
- Professor Dugan
- (uncredited)
Howard Banks
- Officer
- (uncredited)
Bobby Barber
- Sneaky
- (uncredited)
Richard Bartell
- Bald Man
- (uncredited)
Phil Bloom
- Fight Spectator
- (uncredited)
John Breen
- Trainer
- (uncredited)
Milt Bronson
- Ring Announcer
- (uncredited)
Ralph Brooks
- Man at Bar
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe 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)."
- GoofsThe boxer, Tommy Nelson, is invisible and in order to stay this way he must not wear ANY clothes. This would include shoes. And yet when he walks across the mat in the boxing gym his footprints are very apparent, but as if he he wearing shoes and not bare feet.
- Quotes
Lou Francis: [about graduating] This is the greatest thing that ever happened to me, how did I ever graduate?
Bud Alexander: [whispering] I slipped the guy twenty bucks. Now keep quiet.
- Alternate versionsThere is an Italian edition of this film inside DVD "IL CERVELLO DI FRANKENSTEIN", distributed by DNA Srl (2 Films on a single DVD). The film has been re-edited with the contribution of film historian Riccardo Cusin. This version is also available for streaming on some platforms.
- ConnectionsFeatured in 100 Years of Horror: Phantoms (1996)
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One Way of Looking at the "A&C Meet..." Series
To me, this is arguably the best of the "A&C Meet
" series. The boys get mixed up with a prizefighter accused of murder who escapes the cops and gangsters by turning invisible with the help of an experimental serum. Naturally, this leads to an array of amusing hijinks.
The comic potential here is greater than in other A&C monster entries ( Meet Frankenstein; Meet the Mummy; etc.) because the menace here has the power of invisibility. That means the menace can challenge the boys in public without the public knowing it. On the other hand, the other monsters can't mix in public without being seen which narrows the comic potential to haunted houses or other non-public spaces.
For example, take the punching bag scene. It looks like Lou (Costello) has lightning speed rocking the bag when in reality it's the invisible boxer Tommy (Franz) who's doing it. There're a number of set-ups like this where the public is astonished by Lou's apparent powers, while actor Costello milks the comic potential.
That's not to say the other monster entries are not funny to varying degrees. But the monsters are restricted in these movies to scaring everyone in over-the-top fashion, whereas being invisible greatly expands the possibilities, such as the nightclub scene with the poor flummoxed waiter (Syd Saylor) who can't figure out who's doing what.
Anyway, the movie's consistently amusing and inventive. However, I wish we saw more of that great flashy blonde Adele Jergens (Marsden) and that great phony gangster Sheldon Leonard (Morgan). Seeing them together here resembles a match made in some cheap nightclub heaven. All in all, this is one of my A&C favorites among their many comedies.
The comic potential here is greater than in other A&C monster entries ( Meet Frankenstein; Meet the Mummy; etc.) because the menace here has the power of invisibility. That means the menace can challenge the boys in public without the public knowing it. On the other hand, the other monsters can't mix in public without being seen which narrows the comic potential to haunted houses or other non-public spaces.
For example, take the punching bag scene. It looks like Lou (Costello) has lightning speed rocking the bag when in reality it's the invisible boxer Tommy (Franz) who's doing it. There're a number of set-ups like this where the public is astonished by Lou's apparent powers, while actor Costello milks the comic potential.
That's not to say the other monster entries are not funny to varying degrees. But the monsters are restricted in these movies to scaring everyone in over-the-top fashion, whereas being invisible greatly expands the possibilities, such as the nightclub scene with the poor flummoxed waiter (Syd Saylor) who can't figure out who's doing what.
Anyway, the movie's consistently amusing and inventive. However, I wish we saw more of that great flashy blonde Adele Jergens (Marsden) and that great phony gangster Sheldon Leonard (Morgan). Seeing them together here resembles a match made in some cheap nightclub heaven. All in all, this is one of my A&C favorites among their many comedies.
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- dougdoepke
- Jan 26, 2012
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- Meet the Invisible Man
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- $627,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 22 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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By what name was Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951) officially released in India in English?
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