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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 flows 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

I only watched this once, but that's my loss. I should see this again. Although not a big fan of these guys, I thought this was their funniest film, along with Abbot & Costello Meet Frankenstein. Although the latter is considered their best and most popular movie, my vote just might go to this one.

This film was simply a lot of laughs from start to finish and the special-effects with the invisible man are good, too - even over 50 years later! The boxing scenes at the end of the movie are incredibly hokey but they are humorous as the "invisible man" helps Costello in the ring.

Sometimes silly, sometimes stupid but generally fast-moving, this film is highly- recommended for those looking for an innocent, old-time comedy with a surprising amount of laughs.

Bud Abbot and Lou Costello were an amazing comic team who endeared themselves to their fans with the kind of humor they projected; theirs was the kind of good fun with a lot of sight gags that made them one of the favorite duo in the movies for quite a while.

Universal, their studio, decided to showcased them in a series of movies that involved the "monsters" in its roster. This film is not one of those, but because of the usage of the amazing visual effects employed in using the visual effects in the "Invisible Man", it became a winner from the start.

This was one of the best Abbot and Costello's best movies. Both do excellent work under the direction of Charles Lamont. Arthur Franz, who is not "seen" enough is good as Tommy, the man accused of a crime he didn't commit. Sheldon Leonard is one of the gangsters that are manipulating the boxing matches. Nancy Guild and Adele Jergens are welcome additions to the movie.

Best of all are the boxing scenes involving Lou Costello as the amazing new boxer, Lou, "The Looper", who goes to beat Rocky, his better equipped opponent with a little help of his invisible friend.

This entry in the Universal series of A&C comedies ranks with the top half-dozen of their films. The notion of having the pair meet one of Universal's most famous "creatures" is a good one--and somehow, despite some wildly overdone slapstick--it works.

The pair play bumbling detectives who attempt to prove an innocent man (Arthur Franz) has been framed for murder. The special effects are particularly good and were done by the same man, John Fulton, who did the original camera effects for 'The Invisible Man'. A highlight of the film has Costello in the fighting ring being helped by his invisible client.

Nice work by Arthur Franz as the man who takes the serum, Nancy Guild as the feminine interest, Adele Jergens and Sheldon Leonard. Fans of A&C will rank this one among their best.

In "Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man", detectives Bud Alexander (Bud Abbott) and Lou Francis (Lou Costello) have to protect a man framed for murder. This becomes proportionally easier once the man gives himself an invisibility serum. Some of the best scenes are when Lou watches him disappear, when a cop sees (or, rather, doesn't see) the man driving a car, and even a scene where Lou accidentally puts a bunch of people to sleep. The end scene is also a shocker.

These movies sometimes seem like they were just excuses for everyone to goof off. If so, then they did well. This one was also helped by the fact that it didn't have any songs, which sometimes weakened A & C's movies. Really funny.

I guess that I'll have to see this again, now that I know that Fred Mertz appeared in it.

could possibly be the second best movie a&c made besides frankenstein

One thing I can say about Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man is that here we know why someone would hire Bud and Lou as anything.

Bud and Lou are newly graduated private detectives from a school and a man on the run from a murder rap goes into the first office he sees that advertises what he's looking for. He's Arthur Franz, promising heavyweight fighter, accused of killing his manager. Franz is innocent and he hasn't any time to look for references.

Franz himself has a scheme. His girlfriend Nancy Guild has a scientist uncle played by Gavin Muir who is taking up the experiments that Claude Rains did in the original Invisible Man. In fact Rains's picture is in his office and his character is referenced. With the police on his trail, Franz takes the concoction that makes him invisible.

Now with Bud and Lou at his side Franz can try to get proof of those he suspects already. Because we know right away who the killer is, there's not a lot of suspense here. But there sure are a lot of laughs.

The funniest scene is of course the prize fight where Costello aided by Franz goes into the ring with the fighter Franz was supposed to take a dive against. Second funniest is mob moll Adele Jergens trying to seduce Costello.

Other good performances are Sheldon Leonard as the mob boss and William Frawley as the investigating detective on the murder that Franz is suspected of. The boys and their invisible friend really drive him to the brink. This was right before Frawley went into the I Love Lucy Show and immortality as Fred Mertz.

It's one of A&C's best of their later films and should not be missed.

I am amazed by the special effects in this Abbott and Costello thriller.

An invisible man manages to smoke? How did they do it? This is a fun one since the boys spend most of their time talking to a man they can't see! Creepy for the time...now curl up with it on a rainy day. That's a great way to enjoy Bud and Lou's crime capers!

Sheer brilliance in comedy and special-effects!Truly a Universal master-work!The ending (which I can't tell you about)is just great!One interesting part is that it pays tribute to the original invisible man movie.And Abbot and Costello are truly comical!

Lou Francis (Lou Costello) and Bud Alexander (Bud Abbott) graduate from a private detective class. They are hired by boxer Tommy Nelson to visit his girlfriend Helen Gray and her uncle Dr. Philip Gray. Despite Lou's suspicions, Bud doesn't realize that Tommy is an escaped prisoner convicted of murdering his manager. Tommy needs to prove his innocence and uses Dr. Gray's dangerous invisibility serum. Lou witnesses Tommy turning invisible but nobody believes him. Helen hires the boys to help Tommy.

Lou is great although Bud does need to be clearer in his positions. I'm not always sure how much he is clued into the situation especially early on. Of course, he's the straight man but he could be more charismatic. I'm more of a Laurel and Hardy fan. The best invisible gag is probably the spaghetti. The best non-invisible gag is hypnosis. Some of it is pretty fun. The boxing has some funny gags although it's funnier when Tommy isn't there. Lou getting punched is hilarious. This movie has plenty good fun gags.

To me, this is arguably the best of the "A&C Meet…" series. The boys get mixed up with a prizefighter accused of murder who escapes the cops and gangsters by turning invisible with the help of an experimental serum. Naturally, this leads to an array of amusing hijinks.

The comic potential here is greater than in other A&C monster entries (…Meet Frankenstein; … Meet the Mummy; etc.) because the menace here has the power of invisibility. That means the menace can challenge the boys in public without the public knowing it. On the other hand, the other monsters can't mix in public without being seen which narrows the comic potential to haunted houses or other non-public spaces.

For example, take the punching bag scene. It looks like Lou (Costello) has lightning speed rocking the bag when in reality it's the invisible boxer Tommy (Franz) who's doing it. There're a number of set-ups like this where the public is astonished by Lou's apparent powers, while actor Costello milks the comic potential.

That's not to say the other monster entries are not funny to varying degrees. But the monsters are restricted in these movies to scaring everyone in over-the-top fashion, whereas being invisible greatly expands the possibilities, such as the nightclub scene with the poor flummoxed waiter (Syd Saylor) who can't figure out who's doing what.

Anyway, the movie's consistently amusing and inventive. However, I wish we saw more of that great flashy blonde Adele Jergens (Marsden) and that great phony gangster Sheldon Leonard (Morgan). Seeing them together here resembles a match made in some cheap nightclub heaven. All in all, this is one of my A&C favorites among their many comedies.

Released in 1951 - Regardless of its b-grade "Invisible Man" effects, this enjoyable, little Comedy featured a really hilarious boxing match with Lou Costello and the Invisible Man in the ring (as a team), pulverizing prizefighter, Rocky Hanlon, played by John Daheim.

In this story Bud and Lou play characters Bud Alexander and Lou Francis (respectively), 2 somewhat incompetent graduates from Dugan's Detective Training Academy.

No sooner have these 2 budding P.I.s set up shop with their very own detective agency, when their first client, in a state of panic, comes rushing in through the office door.

Tommy Nolan (a middleweight champion boxer) has just escaped from jail and is wanted for the murder of his training manager, Buck O'Hara.

Tommy convinces Lou and Bud of his innocence. And when the 3 of them arrive at the address of his fiancée's uncle's lab, Tommy, wishing to escape the law, injects himself with the invisibility serum which Dr. Gray has been perfecting over the past many months.

Once Tommy has become completely invisible is when all of the crazy comedy shifts into high-gear with our heroes being relentlessly pursued by Detective Roberts and, at the same time, being unmercifully harassed by the mean and ruthless gangster, Boots Morgan.

I certainly consider this picture to be one of the better Abbott & Costello comedies of their career as a duo. Its story holds together quite well, its sight-gags and one-liners are good, and it moves along at a very quick pace, being only 82 minutes in length.

This movie is mildly amusing in many ways. You don't think of boxing as a story to meet an invisible man but that is the plot thread that holds this string of A&C gags together. Actually it works pretty well.

William Frawley & Arthur Franz lead a talented support cast which does pretty good with a light script. The special effects were pretty good for their time though appear a little dated now.

This movie is pretty good for 1 viewing. The second time around it wears out it's welcome. Still, it is better than some of the work being done & definitely better than meeting Captain Kidd.

Aaaaargh!

Very funny in spots ("How did I ever graduate?" - "I slipped that guy 20 bucks!"), slow-going in others (despite the complete and welcome absence of any musical numbers), "Abbott and Costello Meet The Invisible Man" is probably not one of the duo's best films from a purely comedic standpoint, but it is nevertheless fascinating, if only for its amazing special effects. Clever, elaborate photographic, editing and other tricks are employed to achieve such effects as the invisible man removing his bandages from his head which is completely transparent while the rest of his body is not ("There is no reason to lose your head over this", observes Lou) - effects that in our digital age would probably be achieved by pressing some buttons in a computer. That's why you have to appreciate the effort and creativity that went into making such things happen. (**1/2)

Oddly designed as a sequel to Universal's 1933 The Invisible Man itself—there's even a recapitulation (complete with photo of Claude Rains) of the original story—this emerges as a fairly amusing Abbott and Cistello vehicle. True, the climax once again features Lou in his familiar turn as a sure-gone loser in a knockabout prize fight, but this time with some delightful variations. In fact, the whole movie is quite cleverly handled. The boys themselves are in fine form and they are handed some great gags to work with—both verbal and visual. A wonderful support cast—Lou's scenes with Paul Maxey's psychiatrist are a real joy—add further luster to the movie.

I always expect George Robinson's photography to be imaginatively atmospheric—which it certainly is! Perhaps too atmospheric. Just about the whole film action takes place at night, which is most unusual for the standard comedy movie, although Abbott and Costello had used this approach before in The Time of Their Lives and Meet Frankenstein. Whatever, the picture definitely has an attractively out-of-the-norm look about it. What's even more important, director Charles Lamont has risen to the challenge with scene-setting that is far more flavorsome and stylish than his usual endeavors. But perhaps best of all are the special effects—some admittedly obvious and even amateurish, but many very ingenious indeed.

I had a tough time thinking of words for this movie, because outside of the presence of Bud & Lou, the rest of the cast is very unremarkable. Or--to put it another way--if this had been a "Straight up" horror film, I imagine I wouldn't waste too much time watching it, much like "The Invisible Man's Revenge."

In fact, the actor who plays Tommy Nelson is much like a Jon Hall, nothing remarkable about him at all & I'm left to wonder if a Vincent Price or Lon Chaney could have elevated this film from good to great?

Conjecture aside, the fact that I did enjoy this one speaks volumes for the gifts of Bud & Lou. Put the money there and leave it there, the boxing match & a rather devilish Lou groping nurses in an elevator in the final reel while Bud gets blamed for being a masher are quite hilarious.

Overall, a very good movie--not quite "Meet Frankenstein," but I didn't expect that high standard going in. And it's miles better than "The Killer, Boris Karloff" or even the somewhat woeful "Jekyll and Hyde."

I will not try to explain where this falls in the Invisible Man continuity or the Abbott and Costello timeline or the larger Universal Monster Universe cannon. All these films exist in their own little bubble. If you try to connect them to the larger picture it leads to headaches. Such as, why are people acting like an invisible man is unprecedented? Didn't John Griffin already make an invisibility formula? Didn't Bud and Lou already meet an invisible man voiced by Vincent Price?

Abbott and Costello are comedic gods. They have made some all-time hilarious bits. And in this movie, there is some of that charm to be found. There are funny bits with the Lou counting money. But there is simply too much nonsense that breaks the rules of the world. Invisibility does not equal disappearing. There is a scene where Lou is holding onto the invisible man while he turns invisible, and his hand then phases through him. He didn't teleport, he's still there.

Character decisions don't add up. There is a scene where the invisible man wants to hide from the cops. So, when the cop comes in, Lou hides the invisible man by putting a blanket over his head. He's invisible, just let him stand there. It would be one thing if only Lou thought of this, but they all buy into it. This is not consistent with the other characters. The movie is full of these logical inconsistencies

If you are willing to turn a blind eye to the flaws, there is a good time to be had. But for me, the problems are all too visible.

"I went to shake his hand, his hand was gone! I looked up to speak to him, his head was gone! Then he took off his shirt, his body was gone! He took off his pants, his legs were gone! Then he spoke to me...I was gone!"

Old fashioned but extremely fun comedy with Abbott & Costello meeting an invisible man. Not their greatest, but still offers plenty of silly scenarios for both guys to milk for comedic effect. The boxing scenes are the best!

Abbott & Costello play Bud Alexander & Lou Francis, two recent graduates of a private detective agency whose first case involves helping fugitive boxer Tommy Nelson(played by Arthur Franz) who is wanted for the murder of his manager. Tommy insists he's innocent, and is aided by a scientist who has acquired the invisibility formula of the original Invisible Man(Claude Rains' picture is seen!) Of course, this formula causes Tommy to gradually go insane, but not before he helps Lou trap the real killers by assisting him in the ring, where he is now "Louie The Looper". Funny comedy makes up for not having Vincent Price by creating clever gags around being invisible, with good F/X and energetic direction. A worthy follow-up to "Meet Frankenstein"(and not a sequel either, just an amusing spoof.)