Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951)

Director
Charles Lamont

Main cast
Bud Abbott; Lou Costello; Nancy Guild; Arthur Franz; Adele Jergens

Genres
Comedy, Horror

Description
Boxer Tommy Nelson is accused of killing his manager. While detectives Bud and Lou investigate they come across an invisibility formula with which Tommy injects himself rather than face the police. This sparks an idea for trapping gangster Morgan by having Lou fight champ Rocky Hanlon, with Tommy's invisible help


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