Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man

Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (also known as Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man (full screen title)) is a 1951 comedy horror... more

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Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man

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Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (also known as Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man (full screen title)) is a 1951 comedy horror film directed by Charles Lamont and starring the team of Abbott and Costello alongside Nancy Guild.
The film depicts the misadventures of Lou Francis and Bud Alexander, two private detectives investigating the murder of a boxing promoter. The film was part of a series in which the duo meet classic characters from Universal's stable, including Frankenstein, the Mummy and the Keystone Kops.

Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man was filmed between October 3 and November 6, 1950 and is a modified remake of the 1940 film The Invisible Man Returns. (The star of that film, Vincent Price, had made a vocal cameo as the Invisible Man at the end of 1948's Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein.) The character names of "Bud Alexander" and "Lou Francis" are Abbott and Costello's real first and middle names.
The special effects, which depicted invisibility and other optical illusions, were created by Stanley Horsley, son of cinema pioneer David Horsley. He also did the special effects for The Invisible Man Returns, The Invisible Woman and Invisible Agent.
As an inside joke, a photo of the serum's inventor, Dr. John Griffin, is seen in the laboratory. "Griffin" was the name of the ill-fated titular character in H.G. Wells' original novel The Invisible Man. Furthermore, it is a picture of Claude Rains, who played the role in Universal's first Invisible Man film in 1933.
When asked by a reporter whom he has fought in the past, Lou answers, "Chuck Lamont, Bud Grant." The film's director and screenwriter, respectively, are Charles Lamont and John Grant.

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