The Amazing Transparent Man (1960)
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40% of critics liked it
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17% of users liked it
(134 ratings)
This appallingly bad sci-fi film about an invisible bank-robber (Douglas Kennedy) was shot back-to-back with Beyond the Time Barrier on the grounds of the Texas State Fair in Dallas. The usual cackling and crime is included, most of which was done better in The Invisible Man. Marguerite Chapman is… More This appallingly bad sci-fi film about an invisible bank-robber (Douglas Kennedy) was shot back-to-back with Beyond the Time Barrier on the grounds of the Texas State Fair in Dallas. The usual cackling and crime is included, most of which was done better in The Invisible Man. Marguerite Chapman is the film's one bright spot as Kennedy's lowlife girlfriend, but the rest of the characters are annoying and unsympathetic. Unpleasant, downbeat, and badly produced, it is hard to see the appeal of this one, even for genre completists. ~ Robert Firsching, Rovi
- Directed By
- Edgar G. Ulmer
- Written By
- Jack Lewis
- Genres
- Drama, Horror, Mystery & Suspense, Classics, Science Fiction & Fantasy
- In Theaters
- Jan 1, 1960 Wide
- On DVD
- Aug 10, 1999
- Studio
- American Pop Classics
Critic Reviews
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Jeffrey M. Anderson, Combustible Celluloid
Even something this ridiculous has its inventive charms, not least of which are the wonderfully chintzy invisibility effects.
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Michael E. Grost, Classic Film and Television
One of Ulmer's grimmest works, a heartfelt anti-war statement
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
I found myself enjoying this cheapie...
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Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Even Ulmer can't help this one
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Cast
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Marguerite Chapman
as Laura Matson
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James Griffith
as Major Paul Krenner
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Douglas Kennedy
as Joey Faust
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Boyd 'Red' Morgan
as Julian
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Ivan Triesault
as Dr. Peter Ulof
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Norman Smith
as Security Guard
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Carmel Daniel
as Maria Ulof
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Patrick Cranshaw
as Security Guard
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Dennis Adams
as State Police
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Jonathan Ledford
as Smith
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Edward Erwin
as Drake
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Kevin Kelly
as Woman