The Amazing Transparent Man (1960)

Directed by

Edgar G. Ulmer

Genre

horror film, science fiction film

Country

United States

Runtime

57 min

Rated

NR

Rating

4.0 of 10 from 63 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An insane former army major forces an escaped criminal to steal parts so that a scientist can finish building an invisibility machine. The major plans to use the device for crime and chaos.

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What happens

The Amazing Transparent Man is a 1960 American science fiction thriller B-movie directed by Edgar G. Ulmer and starring Marguerite Chapman (in her final feature film) and Douglas Kennedy. The plot follows 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 Ulmer (the other was Beyond the Time Barrier, also released that same year). The production had an approximate budget of $100,000 or a little over $1,000,000 today (2025). The combined filming schedule for both films was only two weeks. It was released briefly in February 1960, then re-released on Sept. 8, 1960 on a double bill with Beyond the Time Barrier (1960). The film was also featured in an episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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