Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
It's all NEW and a RIOT too!
1951 | 83m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Charles Lamont |
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| Writer: | John Grant, Frederic I. Rinaldo, Robert Lees, Hugh Wedlock Jr., Howard Snyder, H.G. Wells |
| Staring: |
| As novice detectives, Bud and Lou come face to face with the Invisible Man. | |
| Release Date: | Apr 12, 1951 |
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| Director: | Charles Lamont |
| Writer: | John Grant, Frederic I. Rinaldo, Robert Lees, Hugh Wedlock Jr., Howard Snyder, H.G. Wells |
| Genres: | Comedy, Science Fiction, Horror, Crime |
| Keywords | gambling, gangster, slapstick comedy, sequel, revenge, mad scientist, mobster, horror spoof, black and white, scientist, invisible, police detective, guinea pig, invisible person, invisibility, boxing |
| Production Companies | Universal Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $627,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Bud Abbott | Bud Alexander |
| Lou Costello | Lou Francis |
| Nancy Guild | Helen Gray |
| Arthur Franz | Tommy Nelson |
| Adele Jergens | Boots Marsden |
| Sheldon Leonard | Boots Morgan |
| William Frawley | Det. Roberts |
| Gavin Muir | Dr. Philip Gray |
| Sam Balter | Radio Announcer |
| John Daheim | Rocky Hanlon |
| Walter F. Appler | Professor Dugan (uncredited) |
| Bobby Barber | Sneaky (uncredited) |
| Howard Banks | Officer (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) |
| Steve Carruthers | Reporter (uncredited) |
| Tom Coleman | Dugan Detective School Graduate (uncredited) |
| Chester Conklin | Counter Man (uncredited) |
| Bing Conley | Trainer (uncredited) |
| Russ Conway | Newspaperman (uncredited) |
| Paul Cristo | Fight Spectator (uncredited) |
| Frank Dae | Col. Duffie (uncredited) |
| Roy Darmour | Man (uncredited) |
| Sayre Dearing | Reporter (uncredited) |
| Jack Deery | Hospital Visitor (uncredited) |
| James Dime | Man in Gym (uncredited) |
| Ralph Dunn | Motorcycle Cop (uncredited) |
| George Ford | Reporter (uncredited) |
| Edward Gargan | Milt (uncredited) |
| Harold Goodwin | Bartender (uncredited) |
| Dick Gordon | Man (uncredited) |
| Kit Guard | Fighter on Rowing Machine (uncredited) |
| Bobby Hale | Graduation Spectator (uncredited) |
| Chuck Hamilton | Policeman (uncredited) |
| Stuart Holmes | Fight Spectator (uncredited) |
| Kenner G. Kemp | Policeman (uncredited) |
| Johnny Kern | Trainer (uncredited) |
| Donald Kerr | Fight Spectator (uncredited) |
| Perc Launders | Cop (uncredited) |
| George J. Lewis | Torpedo Al (uncredited) |
| Rory Mallinson | Tough Guy in Bar (uncredited) |
| Paul Maxey | Dr. Turner (uncredited) |
| Mathew McCue | Graduation Spectator (uncredited) |
| Hans Moebus | Restaurant Patron (uncredited) |
| Ralph Montgomery | Photographer (uncredited) |
| Mike Morelli | Training Spectator (uncredited) |
| William H. O'Brien | Fight Spectator (uncredited) |
| Monty O'Grady | Fight Spectator (uncredited) |
| Franklin Parker | Photographer (uncredited) |
| Jack Perrin | Dugan Detective School Graduate (uncredited) |
| Jack Perry | Rocky's Handler (uncredited) |
| Victor Romito | Waiter (uncredited) |
| Clark Ross | Fight Spectator (uncredited) |
| Syd Saylor | Waiter (uncredited) |
| Sammy Shack | Fighter (uncredited) |
| Edith Sheet | Nurse (uncredited) |
| Jack Shutta | Attendant (uncredited) |
| Carl Sklover | Lou's Handler (uncredited) |
| Billy Snyder | Newspaperman (uncredited) |
| Brick Sullivan | Dugan Detective School Graduate (uncredited) |
| Frankie Van | Referee (uncredited) |
| Herb Vigran | Stillwell (uncredited) |
| Billy Wayne | Rooney - Rocky's Manager (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Charles Lamont | Director |
| Virgil W. Vogel | Editor |
| Hans J. Salter | Music |
| Johnny Green | Music |
| Walter Scharf | Music |
| Bernard Herzbrun | Art Direction |
| Richard H. Riedel | Art Direction |
| John Grant | Screenplay |
| Frederic I. Rinaldo | Screenplay |
| Leslie I. Carey | Sound |
| Daniele Amfitheatrof | Music |
| Milton Rosen | Music |
| Robert Pritchard | Sound |
| George Robinson | Director of Photography |
| Joan St. Oegger | Hairstylist |
| David S. Horsley | Visual Effects |
| Joseph Gershenson | Original Music Composer, Music Director |
| Ed Keyes | Property Master |
| Robert Lees | Screenplay |
| Hugh Wedlock Jr. | Story |
| Russell A. Gausman | Set Decoration |
| Howard Snyder | Story |
| John P. Austin | Set Decoration |
| Roswell A. Hoffmann | Visual Effects |
| Ronald R. Rondell | Assistant Director |
| Ethmer Roten | Musician |
| Eric Zeisl | Music |
| Bud Westmore | Makeup Artist |
| H.G. Wells | Story |
| William Lava | Music |
| Miklós Rózsa | Music |
| Frank Skinner | Music |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Howard Christie | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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John Chard
8.0
Certainly one of the best in the series. Our intrepid bumbling duo deliver the goods in one of the better offerings on their considerable CV. Here they are freshly qualified Private Investigators thrust into a murder investigation with an invisible man. That alone should tell you that the fun flo ... ws at a very decent clip, so with that I just need to say that some of the sequences here are comedy gold. Like a scene at a restaurant that is excellent, or Costello pretending to work the ball in the gym, and a final reel of a boxing match that really gets the laughter flowing. Watching these guys act as if with a real invisible man is wonderful, and of course the effects team also deserve praise for doing such a damn fine job with the invisible man of the piece. Not quite as good as...Meet Frankenstein, but it's darn near close. 8/10
May 16, 2024