“Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man” (1951) starring Bud Abbott & Lou Costello / Z-View

Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951)

Director:  Charles Lamont

Screenplay: Robert Lees, Frederic I. Rinaldo, John Grant; story by Hugh Wedlock Jr., Howard Snyder; based THE INVISIBLE MAN by H.G. Wells

Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Arthur Franz, Sheldon Leonard, Sam Balter, John Daheim, Bobby Barber and William Frawley.

Tagline:  AS PRIVATE EYES…they’re getting an Eyeful!

The Plot…

Bud and Lou get their first case after graduating from Detective School.  Tommy Nelson, a middleweight boxing contender on the lam from the cops after being accused of killing his manager, wants their help.  Tommy’s plan is to take a potion his fiancée’s uncle invented.  The drink will turn him invisible.  Tommy believes that once no one can see him, he can sneak around and get the evidence on the real killer.

Bud and Lou agree to help.  Let the good times roll!

Thoughts (beware of spoilers)…

The plot of this film (minus the Abbott & Costello comedy) was to be a sequel to The Invisible Man.  The success of Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein caused the studio to reformat the idea to fit the comedy of A & C.

The final scene of this movie has Lou briefly turning invisible.  As he reappears his legs appear to be on backwards.  While it makes no sense, it probably got some laughs.

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