CheerupSilver Very Cool!!!

Colibel Terrible acting, screenplay and direction.

LouHomey From my favorite movies..

Yash Wade Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.

preppy-3 Fran k Griffin (Jon Hall) is the grandson of the original invisible man and still has the formula under lock and key. He has no intention of it being used but decides to help the US in the war effort. He parachutes into Germany and uses his powers of invisibility to help the US. He also gets involved with German and Japanese spies (Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Peter Lorre) and a beautiful British spy (Ilona Massey).This is an OK war melodrama with touches of invisibility as a gimmick. For what it is it's OK. It moves quickly, the cast is good and the special effects are adequate. This was made solely as a morale booster for WWII audiences and it works on that level. As a horror movie though it's a dud.

mark.waltz You know he's a bad guy when Peter Lorre sarcastically refers to an American sporting event as "an event of major national importance". And sure enough, he is. Both him and Sir Cedric Hardwicke, the actor who proved that both an Ancient Roman and Egyptian ruler came with imperious British accents. "You old wind bag", he old an Eygyptian underling as Pharaoh Seti in "The Ten Commandments", and perhaps, he should say the same thing to Lorre here, 'cause as German and Japanese agents, they obviously don't trust each other, only using their allies for their own use. That is all to find the secret formula for making people invisible that Jon Hall has, unwilling to sell it even to his own country. But Hall managed to escape the enemy, changes his mind of selling it to the allies, and makes it to Germany where he dive-bombs out of a crashing plane, strips naked and invisible, and locates another agent (the seductive Ilona Massey) who is using portly dumb Nazi J. Edward Bromberg to get information on intended American targets. Lots of comic visuals around, especially of Hall using cold cream (which exposes not only his handsome face but his teeth as well, in addition to clearing up any acne that an invisible man can get) to show Massey what a handsome invisible man he is. (The thought of seeing the missing insides from a cold-cream covered man is both spooky and comical). The result of this film is silly propaganda fun with elements of science fiction thrown in to the wartime world.

whpratt1 Enjoyed this great 1942 comedy starring Jon Hall, (Frank Raymond) and Peter Lorre, (Baron Ikto) and Cedric Hardwiche, (Conrad Staffer). Frank uses his grandfather's secret formula which can make a person become invisible in order to find out secret information from Nazi Germany. It is believed that the Nazi's are going to bomb the United States and Frank is set to find out this information. Cedric Hardwicke. (Conrad Stauffer) plays the role as a Nazi officer who wants to catch the Invisible Agent and obtain his secrets. Ilona Massey, (Marie Sorenson) helps Frank Raymond who is very suspicious of her involvement in this situation. There is lots of comedy and Peter Lorre gave a great supporting role. Enjoy.

callanvass Pretty decent flick that's fairly entertaining with good performances all around and likable characters. Now i will say this it's nothing that special but it's not a waste of time either It came with the Invisible Man legacy set so. The Direction is a little uneven some of the time but it's very acceptable and it makes for a watchable romp. Once again this is not a horror film more like a spy/like comedy in my opinion) The effects are top notch again with a great choice of casting as well. There is no gore. The Acting is GREAT. Ilona Massey is very beautiful and is also a fine actress and she had great chemistry with Jon Hall. Jon Hall does a very good job here and was very likable. Peter Lorre is a riot and is one of the all time great actors in my opinion he was excellent here providing lots of laughs. Cedric Hardwicke is a terrific actor he is great here and he was pretty intense as well. J. Edward Bromberg does fine here as the weasel. Overall worth the watch but really nothing all that special **1/2 out of 5