Story of movie The Amazing Transparent Man : The Amazing Transparent Man is a 1960 science fiction film starring Marguerite Chapman. It is an American B-movie which follows the story of an insane ex–U.S. Army major who uses an escaped criminal to steal materials to improve the invisibility machine his scientist prisoner made. It was one of two sci-fi films shot back-to-back in Dallas, Texas by director Edgar G. Ulmer (the other being Beyond the Time Barrier, also released in that same year). The combined filming schedule for both films was only two weeks. The film was later featured in an episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000.
| The Amazing Transparent Man | |
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| Directed by | Edgar G. Ulmer |
| Produced by | Lester Guthrie |
| Screenplay by | Jack Lewis |
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| Music by | Darrell Calker |
| Cinematography | Meredith M. Nicholson |
| Edited by | Jack Ruggiero |
Production company | Miller Consolidated Pictures |
| Distributed by | MCP Film Distributing Co. |
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| Country | United States |
Screenplay
Former U.S. Army major Paul Krenner (James Griffith) plans to conquer the world with an army of invisible soldiers and will do anything to achieve that goal. With the help of his hired muscle, Julian (Red Morgan), Krenner forces Dr. Peter Ulof (Ivan Trisault) to perfect the invisibility machine Ulof invented. He keeps Ulof's daughter, Maria (Carmel Daniel), imprisoned to keep Ulof in line.
The nuclear materials Ulof needs to better his invisibility machine are extremely rare and kept under guard in government facilities. Krenner arranges the prison break of a notorious safecracker, Joey Faust (Douglas Kennedy), to steal the materials he needs. Of course Faust will do the jobs while invisible. Krenner offers Faust money for the jobs and Faust expresses his grievances against working for him. Faust tells him that he will sing like a canary if he is returned to prison, but Krenner informs Faust that he is wanted dead or alive, so Faust reluctantly complies. However, when he meets Faust’s woman, Laura Matson (Marguerite Chapman), he slowly charms her into a double cross.
Faust continues attempting to escape and tries to get one over on Krenner. It looks as if he may have the edge on Krenner when Faust attacks Krenner while invisible. However, Dr. Ulof’s guinea pig dies and, during the second time he is invisible, Faust uncontrollably reverts from invisible to visible and back again. Despite these drawbacks Faust forges ahead, intent on breaking free from Krenner's control.
| Actor | Role |
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| Marguerite Chapman | Laura Matson |
| Douglas Kennedy | Joey Faust |
| James Griffith | Maj. Paul Krenner |
| Ivan Triesault | Dr. Peter Ulof |
| Boyd 'Red' Morgan | Julian |
| Carmel Daniel | Maria Ulof |
| Edward Erwin | Drake |
| Jonathan Ledford | Smith |
| Norman Smith | Security guard |
| Patrick Cranshaw | Security guard |
| Kevin Kelly | Woman |
| Dennis Adams | State Police officer |
| Stacy Morgan | State Police officer |
The film was made by Miller Consolidated Pictures, which gave it a brief release in 1960. It was then picked up by American International Pictures and released again later in the year.
The Amazing Transparent Man was featured in episode #623 of Mystery Science Theater 3000, along with "The Days of Our Years," a workplace safety short film. The episode debuted March 18, 1995, on Comedy Central. The episode is not a fan favorite; it did not make the Top 100 list of episodes as voted upon by MST3K Season 11 Kickstarter backers. Writer Jim Vogel concurred with the fans' opinion, ranking the episode #140 (out of 191 total MST3K episodes). Vogel calls The Amazing Transparent Man "instantly forgettable" and claims the short "completely steals the show".
The MST3K version of The Amazing Transparent Man was included as part of the Mystery Science Theater 3000, Volume XXXIX DVD collection, released by Shout! Factory in November 21, 2017. The other episodes in the four-disc set include Girls Town (episode #601) and Diabolik (episode #1013). The fourth disc, titled "Satellite Dishes", collected non-movie segments from MST3K episodes that are unlikely to be collected on DVD.
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