L'agent invisible

Original title: Invisible Agent

IMDb RATING

5.9/10

2.8K

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Peter Lorre, Jon Hall, Cedric Hardwicke, and Ilona Massey in L'agent invisible (1942)

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The Invisible Man's grandson uses his secret formula to spy on Nazi Germany.The Invisible Man's grandson uses his secret formula to spy on Nazi Germany.The Invisible Man's grandson uses his secret formula to spy on Nazi Germany.

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IMDb RATING

5.9/10

2.8K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 2 nominations total

Conrad Stauffer
(as Sir Cedric Hardwicke)

J. Edward Bromberg

Karl Heiser

Albert Bassermann

Arnold Schmidt
(as Albert Basserman)

John Litel

John Gardiner

Holmes Herbert

Sir Alfred Spencer

Keye Luke

Surgeon

Sven Hugo Borg

German Captain
(uncredited)

Paul Bryar

German Soldier
(uncredited)

John Burton

R.A.F. Flier
(uncredited)

Lane Chandler

German Sentry
(uncredited)

Mabel Colcord

Gretl
(uncredited)

James Craven

Ship's Radio Man
(uncredited)

Donald Curtis

German Sentry
(uncredited)

Leslie Denison

British Radio Operator
(uncredited)

Eddie Dunn

S.S. Prison Guard
(uncredited)

Director
- Edwin L. Marin
Writers
- Curt Siodmak
- H.G. Wells
All cast & crew
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Trivia
In the opening scene, a newsboy shouts the headline, "Extra! Oregon State Invites Duke to Rose Bowl." The 1942 movie audience would recognize the opening scenes in the movie as taking place in the previous year, just *before* the Pearl Harbor attack. The 1942 Rose Bowl was especially memorable to movie audiences because it was the only game in Rose Bowl history that was not played in Pasadena, California. Following the U.S. entry into the war, it was feared that the Pasadena game would be an ideal target for the Japanese, so the game was played at Duke University in North Carolina. On January 1, 1942, Oregon State defeated Duke University, by a score of 20-16.

Goofs
The German planes on the ground that are supposed to be on their way to bomb New York are 2 engine bombers that would not have had the range to fly all the way there from Germany.

Quotes
Baron Ikito: Occidental decay is nowhere more apparent than in that childish sentimentality of white men for their women.

Connections
Featured in Weirdo with Wadman: Invisible Agent (1964)

User reviews42

Featured review

Pretty good

I actually didn't even know about this film, let alone not knowing its ties to the Universal Studios' Invisible Man series. I was pleasantly surprised by this movie. Sure, it's not Claude Rains' "The Invisible Man" film, or even Vincent Price's "The Invisible Man Returns." It's not really even a horror film. But this movie had a pretty decent story.

It was about a man who is the grandson of the original Invisible Man They referred to the original as "Frank Griffen" in this story, but the original was actually named "Jack Griffen," and his brother was named Frank in "The Invisible Man Returns." Why they were inconsistent, I'm not sure. Anyhow, the grandson gets offered a fortune to sell his grandfather's secret formula to the Nazis, but refuses and goes undercover as a spy for the United States using the formula to spy on the Nazis to find out their plan of attack on the U.S. Very good plot.

With some good special effects and some great, the technical aspects of this film were at least just as good as the previous films. We even got some good warfare explosions. And the story was definitely enjoyable. So despite inconsistencies with previous Invisible Man films, this film is definitely worth a look.