Reportedly planned as a straight sequel to THE INVISIBLE MAN before someone decided it would be a good vehicle for Bud and Lou, ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET THE INVISIBLE MAN was a terrific send-up of murder mysteries and sports pictures. Arthur Franz plays the new Invisible Man, a boxer framed for murder before he takes an injection of the re-developed formula of Dr. Griffin. Bumbling detectives Bud and Lou find themselves hired by Franz to find the real killer. Naturally, this ultimately leads to Lou in the boxing ring! Another score for Universal, the film combines several genres effectively and evenly. Crime stories are a natural for invisible men, and the theme was used several times. Some of the more straightforward examples include THE AMAZING TRANSPARENT MAN and THE HUMAN VAPOR.
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