{"id":31498,"date":"2023-01-10T06:26:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-10T11:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=31498"},"modified":"2023-01-10T06:29:20","modified_gmt":"2023-01-10T11:29:20","slug":"abbott-and-costello-meet-the-invisible-man-1951-z-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=31498","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man&#8221; (1951) \/ Z-View"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2023\/z011023zview_acinvisibleman.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"798\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man <\/strong><\/em>(1951)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Director:\u00a0 <strong>Charles Lamont<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Screenplay:\u00a0 <strong>Robert Lees, Frederic I. Rinaldo, John Grant <\/strong>from a story by <strong>Hugh Wedlock Jr., Howard Snyder <\/strong>based on 1897 novel<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3vOpcz2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Invisible Man by H. G. Wells<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Stars: <strong>Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Arthur Franz, Sheldon Leonard, William Frawley, Sam Balter, John Daheim<\/strong>\u00a0and <strong>Milt Bronson<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tagline:<em> You&#8217;ll shiver&#8230; You&#8217;ll shudder&#8230; You&#8217;ll shout with laughter!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Plot\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bud (Abbott) and Lou (Costello) are setting up shop after graduating from Private Detective school.\u00a0 In comes middleweight prize fighter Tommy Nelson (Franz).\u00a0 He&#8217;s on the lam.\u00a0 Nelson escaped jail after being accused of killing his manager.\u00a0 Nelson wants Bud and Lou to convince his fianc\u00e9e&#8217;s scientist uncle to inject him with a formula to make him invisible.\u00a0 Nelson thinks this will get him into places where he can find the true killers!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bud and Lou reluctantly agree.\u00a0 Soon they&#8217;re in over their heads. The cops and the crooks are after them.\u00a0 If they don&#8217;t find the real killer, they may end up next to Nelson&#8217;s manager in the morgue!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Thoughts (beware of spoilers)\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Laughs come from Bud not knowing when the Invisible Man is in the room and Lou being mistaken for a prizefighter with a punch so fast you can&#8217;t see it!\u00a0 Of course you can&#8217;t see the punch when it&#8217;s thrown by the invisible man.\u00a0 The funniest scenes involve Lou in a boxing match with the invisible man doing the heavy lifting, er, punching.\u00a0 This isn&#8217;t Bud and Lou&#8217;s best, but is still fun.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man <\/strong><\/em>(1951) earns 3 of 5 stars.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/logo\/zview_c.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"100\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2023\/z011023zview_acinvisibleman2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"253\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951) Director:\u00a0 Charles Lamont Screenplay:\u00a0 Robert Lees, Frederic I. 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