Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951) on Netflix
Passed19511h 22mComedyFamilySci-Fi
Lou Francis and Bud Alexander are new private detectives. Their first client, boxer Tommy Nelson, is accused of killing his manager and wants a serum that makes people invisible.
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- Netflix3.7/5
- IMDb6.6/106,784 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes80%
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Plot summary
Fresh out of detective school, Lou Francis and Bud Alexander take their first case. Tommy Nelson, a middleweight boxer, has escaped from jail, where he was held on a charge of killing his manager. He brings the pair to meet Helen Gray, his fiancée, and her uncle, Dr. Philip Gray. Tommy asks the doctor for an injection of a serum that causes invisibility. He intends to use it to investigate the murder and clear his name. Dr. Gray turns him down, calling the serum unstable and recalling the fate of its discoverer, Jack Griffin. Police arrive, and Tommy gives himself the injection, vanishing from sight. While Bud and Lou hunt for Tommy, Detective Roberts questions Dr. Gray and Helen.
Cast
- Sam Balteras Radio Announcer
- Walter F. Appleras Professor Dugan (uncredited)
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- Howard Banksas Officer (uncredited)
- Richard Bartellas Bald Man (uncredited)
- John Breenas Trainer (uncredited)
- Milt Bronsonas Ring Announcer (uncredited)
- Ralph Brooksas Man at Bar (uncredited)
- Tom Colemanas Dugan Detective School Graduate (uncredited)
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951)
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- The portrait of the Invisible Man's inventor, Dr. John "Jack" Griffin, shown in the film is actually a photograph of Claude Rains, who played the title role in Universal's 1933 The Invisible Man.
- The surnames given to the film's two leads, Alexander and Francis, are the real middle names of the comedy team Abbott and Costello.
- Lou's answer when a reporter asks whom he has fought, "Chuck Lamont, Bud Grant", is a joke on the film's director, Charles Lamont, and its screenwriter, John Grant.
