{"id":38980,"date":"2025-05-21T19:05:04","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T23:05:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=38980"},"modified":"2025-05-21T19:05:04","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T23:05:04","slug":"abbott-and-costello-meet-the-invisible-man-1951-starring-bud-abbott-lou-costello-z-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=38980","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man&#8221; (1951) starring Bud Abbott &amp; Lou Costello \/ Z-View"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2025\/z052125zview_ac_invisibleman.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"798\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man <\/strong><\/em>(1951)<\/p>\n<p>Director:\u00a0 <strong>Charles Lamont<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Screenplay: <strong>Robert Lees, Frederic I. Rinaldo, John Grant;<\/strong> story by <strong>Hugh Wedlock Jr., Howard Snyder<\/strong>; based THE INVISIBLE MAN by <strong>H.G. Wells<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Stars: <strong>Bud Abbott, Lou Costello<\/strong><strong>, Arthur Franz, Sheldon Leonard, Sam Balter, John Daheim, Bobby Barber <\/strong>and <strong>William Frawley.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tagline:\u00a0 <em>AS PRIVATE EYES&#8230;they&#8217;re getting an Eyeful!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The Plot&#8230;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Bud and Lou get their first case after graduating from Detective School.\u00a0 Tommy Nelson, a middleweight boxing contender on the lam from the cops after being accused of killing his manager, wants their help.\u00a0 Tommy&#8217;s plan is to take a potion his fianc\u00e9e&#8217;s uncle invented.\u00a0 The drink will turn him invisible.\u00a0 Tommy believes that once no one can see him, he can sneak around and get the evidence on the real killer.<\/p>\n<p>Bud and Lou agree to help.\u00a0 Let the good times roll!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thoughts (beware of spoilers)\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The plot of this film (minus the Abbott &amp; Costello comedy) was to be a sequel to <em>The Invisible Man<\/em>.\u00a0 The success of<em> Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein<\/em> caused the studio to reformat the idea to fit the comedy of A &amp; C.<\/p>\n<p>The final scene of this movie has Lou briefly turning invisible.\u00a0 As he reappears his legs appear to be on backwards.\u00a0 While it makes no sense, it probably got some laughs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: inherit; color: initial;\"><em><strong>Don&#8217;t Touch the Loot <\/strong><\/em>aka <em><strong>Grisbi (1954) <\/strong><\/em>rates 3 of 5 stars<\/span><\/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\/2025\/z052125zview_ac_invisibleman2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"355\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951) Director:\u00a0 Charles Lamont Screenplay: Robert Lees, Frederic I. 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