Scanialara You won't be disappointed!

Supelice Dreadfully Boring

Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

ChicDragon It's a mild crowd pleaser for people who are exhausted by blockbusters.

davidcarniglia Unusual blend of crime drama and science fiction. Not a bad premise: a escaped (actually kidnapped) con becomes a guinea pig for a old-world doctor's radiation-fueled invisibility experiments. The pacing is pretty good. The main setting, a dilapidated Victorian somewhere in the sticks of the Southwest, adds a creepy dose of isolation.Given the early Cold War's obsession with anything atomic, it's not hard to suspend disbelief as Dr. Ulof (Ivan Triesault) uses stolen radium to change an actual guinea pig, then Douglas Kennedy's Faust into a ghost-like invisible state. What's ludicrous is James Griffith's Major as the psychopathic criminal mastermind. Ulof looks nutty enough to fill both roles. The Major, who's about as military-looking as Anthony Perkins, just gets in the way. He's sort of a desk-job criminal trying too hard to act tough.At least Faust makes a fairly convincing criminal, although his swagger is a couple of pay-grades above his character. I assumed that the Major, whether he's fantasizing about his invisible army, or just out for some quick scores, would focus on using Faust to rob banks. After all, he needs money to finance whatever he's up to. Strangely, though, the robbery that occurs is Faust's idea. It might've been better to stay with the crime theme. In this low-budget territory, there clearly wouldn't be enough guys on the payroll to show an actual 'army,' not to mention the tons of special effects necessary to have some kind of invisible battle scene.The robbery is the best part of the movie. It's well-edited, convincing, even funny. The bag of money floating towards the exit is a great bit. Another good special-effect shows Faust becoming visible, making what seemed an easy heist suddenly problematic. Invisibility isn't a miracle; it's contingent, even dangerous. There's a bit of tragedy when Faust realizes that he will die from radiation.This is a rare instance in 50s-60s sci-fi when the authorities don't waste time denigrating and denying the problem. They don't assume there's a hoax, so they react appropriately. I wish the main characters were more sensibThe main problem with The Amazing Transparent Man is awful acting. I can't see what either Marguerite Chapman or the Julian character add to the movie. As noted in other reviews, Chapman's Laura is an airhead. She'll go along with the last person she talked to, or the one yelling the loudest. Julian is even dumber, and really has nothing to do. Griffith's role isn't interesting enough for him to warrant a side-kick. On the other hand, Ulof's daughter might've been given a bigger role.She could've taken Laura's place and still played Ulof's daughter. As someone has said, why doesn't Ulof make himself invisible and rescue his daughter? Then he does the same to her, he sabotages the equipment, and they both just split. The ending is pretty wild: the fight in the lab leads to the predictable explosion, with a mushroom cloud to top it off.There's some good stuff here, but The Amazing Transparent Man is just too dull between the bright spots.

utgard14 Edgar G. Ulmer certainly made some good movies in his career. Sadly, this isn't one of them. It's a dull B sci-fi low budgeter with very little style. The best thing it has going for it is that it's only an hour long. Honestly, it could have been trimmed down to thirty minutes. The story is pretty stupid. Krenner, a former army major, breaks a career criminal named Faust out of prison. Why? Well, Krenner has this scientist he's forcing to create an invisibility formula for him. So he decides to also force Faust into being the guinea pig for it. Well it never occurred to brainwave Krenner that Faust would have the upper hand once he becomes invisible. Which is exactly what happens. It's all pretty moronic and probably could have fit into a half-hour television episode. I could easily see this being an episode of Science Fiction Theatre or even reworked into an Adventures of Superman ep. The biggest problem is that the invisibility part doesn't really get started until over halfway through. Just a lot of talking up until that point. Even when Faust does become invisible, it's nothing impressive. It's actually less impressive than movies made 20 years before. I wouldn't watch it unless you're an Ulmer completist or you just have to see every sci-fi movie from this period, regardless of quality.

mark.waltz Public enemy number one can't be seen to be believed. He gets out of prison through default (escaping!) and joins up with a gang of amoral scientists who want to use him as a part of a bank robbery ring. What could have been an update of the type of science fiction film that Boris Karloff had made twenty years before ends up being a mediocre crime drama with little excitement. A "B" cast includes 1940 starlet Marguerite Chapman playing. An aging femme fatale as if she was locked into the 1940 definition of a film noir bad girl. The only memorable element of this is an old man dying from uranium poisoning and the regret he has for the way his life turned out.

bkoganbing Douglas Kennedy is the escaped convict who becomes The Amazing Transparent Man as the result of a laboratory experiment by Dr. Ivan Triesault under the direction of perennial movie villain James Griffith. In fact Kennedy was busted out of jail for just that purpose.Griffith is a guy who thinks big, create an army of these invisible men and you can really dictate to whomever you please. In fact the only problem then is to create invisible weapons for the army to use. But one step at a time. He busts Kennedy out of prison because Kennedy is a safe cracker and he needs his skills. But Kennedy dreams on a smaller scale just let him become invisible and look at all the bank jobs he'll pull. That in and of itself is a conflict.But invisibility has a price. What Kennedy has to steal is fissionable uranium because that's the key ingredient for Triesault. As we well know from life and from films radiation exposure carries a price. Do I have to draw you a picture?The Amazing Transparent Man was shot on a chump change budget and gets rather dull in spots. But the film is still one campy hoot reminder of those paranoid Cold War days.