The Amazing Transparent Man / 1960

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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 film received poor reviews and suffered in popularity as a result of its low budget. Science fiction author David Wingrove commented in his Science Fiction Source Book that "Its cheap-budget origins show throughout. Amazing claims too much for what is essentially a thriller involving an escaped criminal..."

Marguerite Chapman
Douglas Kennedy
James Griffith
Ivan Triesault
Boyd 'Red' Morgan
Carmel Daniel
Edward Erwin
Jonathan Ledford
Norman Smith
Patrick Cranshaw
Kevin Kelly
Dennis Adams
Stacy Morgan

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