Comedy about an invisible man.Comedy about an invisible man.Comedy about an invisible man.
Ivan F. Simpson
- Dean Claxton
- (as Ivan Simpson)
Tod Andrews
- Bill
- (as Michael Ames)
William Hopper
- Terrence Abbott
- (as DeWolf Hopper)
Sidney Bracey
- Barrett
- (as Sidney Bracy)
Leah Baird
- Rest Home Nurse
- (uncredited)
Mary Brodel
- Norah
- (uncredited)
Romaine Callender
- Prof. Barkley
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaFeature film debut of Natalie Schafer, best remembered as Mrs. Howell on Gilligan's Island (1964).
- GoofsWhen Christine faints in the doorway of her bedroom, a hand can be seen briefly appearing behind her to catch her as she falls.
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Edward Everett Horton stars in silly comedy programmer from Warner Bros...
This is one of those thin little comedies that played the second half of a double bill back in the '40s. EDWARD EVERETT HORTON has a tailor-made role as an eccentric scientist who has inadvertently developed a serum that can make people invisible. On this one-note thread, the whole plot ambles on for little more than an hour in what seems like an endless comedy of errors.
While Horton at least does his best to keep things lively, poor JEFFREY LYNN has little more to do than pop up once in awhile in the flesh--remaining invisible for a good portion of the film. JANE WYMAN has the hapless task of making all the silly shenanigans look less foolish than they are--but she rarely succeeds. And WILLIE BEST does his best to look frantic and frightened by all the invisibility going on around him, as Horton's wide-eyed assistant in his usual stereotyped role as a black man.
It passes the time quickly but there's little substance to any of the plot with some nice cast members striving to make it agreeable enough--CRAIG STEVENS, MARGUERITE CHAPMAN and David BRUCE among them.
While Horton at least does his best to keep things lively, poor JEFFREY LYNN has little more to do than pop up once in awhile in the flesh--remaining invisible for a good portion of the film. JANE WYMAN has the hapless task of making all the silly shenanigans look less foolish than they are--but she rarely succeeds. And WILLIE BEST does his best to look frantic and frightened by all the invisibility going on around him, as Horton's wide-eyed assistant in his usual stereotyped role as a black man.
It passes the time quickly but there's little substance to any of the plot with some nice cast members striving to make it agreeable enough--CRAIG STEVENS, MARGUERITE CHAPMAN and David BRUCE among them.
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- Doylenf
- Mar 18, 2010
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- The Black Widow
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- Runtime1 hour 12 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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