Having enjoyed watching some of The Road To..films with my dad.I was really hoping the this would be a similar type of film,and,though it does not break the fourth wall or has as many in-jokes as the Road movies,i still feel that it is a very good comedy with some surprisingly very well done special effects. The plot:Straight after having graduated from their training school,Detectives Lou Francis and Bud Alexanders office gets invaded by a man,who is a boxer the is being framed for murdering his coach by some gangsters that he double-crossed.The boxer tell them that he them to help him to give the gangsters some payback,for what they have done.His very surprising idea is for both of the detectives to enter a boxing contest that the gangsters are taking bets on!.Whilst they are both at first not keen on the idea (due to neither of them being able to box),they both become very supported of the idea,when they discover that the boxer can become invisible... View on the film:With the story and cast in the film,i though the one of the cleverest things was to have the Invisible Man not not be a scientist,but instead be a normal (though also being a extremely talented boxer) man,Whilst having the great Abbott and Costello inject plenty of funny moments into a film noir style story!!.The main part of the film,that i want to highlight are the very impressive special effects.With the dinner scene (easily one of the funniest parts in the film)and the Invisible Man changing his clothes in the car being very good,Although,some of the effects (such as a cigar "mystriusly" moving across the room)have sadly not aged as well.Final view on the film:A very watchable comedy,with good performances and great special effects.

Bumbling private detective Bud and Lou are hired by a boxer wrongly accused of murder to help clear his name when he is on the run. Bud decides to take the case but, when he learns of a reward for the man's capture, decides to turn Tommy Nelson into the police. Unfortunately for him, while Lou "keeps an eye on him", Tommy takes a serum that makes him turn invisible. Unable to be captured (because of course nobody believes Lou), Tommy gets the twosome to continue to help investigate the real murderer – with his help. But can they expose the killers before the dangerous side-effects kick in on Tommy?I have recently been give Abbott and Costello another pass on my TV, checking out some films I have not seen for some time. Of course I have remembered enough about them to watch the ones considered "good" and hence Invisible Man was next on my list after Meet Frankenstein. Watching them close together made me think that maybe one followed the other directly (after all the latter ends with an "appearance" by the invisible man) but they do not – not that narrative cohesion really matters too much. As is normally the easiest, this film has a fairly "straight" plot that is simple enough to not take up much time but solid enough to provide a structure. The rest of the film is the Abbott and Costello doing their thing in their own way and of course the film falls or rises based on how well this aspect of it works.Here it works pretty well. OK it is still a fairly unsophisticated style of humour but it works. The use of special effects (for the time) adds something to the mix but ultimately it is down to the players and down Abbott and Costello are in good form here. Both seem to be putting in work and are quite sharp in their delivery, with Abbott sharp while Costello delivers on the bumbling really well. The supporting cast feature solid enough b-movie turns to keep the plot moving (Guild, Jergens, Franz) while Frawley and others do many good variations on the "I can't believe what I'm seeing/not seeing" double take.It is not a brilliant comedy but it is one of A&C's better films that I have seen recently. It holds together well and, while my changing humour and aging mind did not find many big belly laughs in here, I did have a few laughs and plenty of smaller chuckles – it certainly didn't bore or annoy me. Worth seeing if you like their style because it works well here.

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!

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.