Invisible Man - Secret Experiment (1958)

★★★★★ · British talent of its time. Great days for UK TV. · Claudg1950 · 2011-06-20

Notice that this series, outstanding for its time -even the special effects were good- was produced by the multitalented Ralph Smart with the assistence of Aida Young. They later gave us the great Danger Man (Secret Agent Man) series. It was there too Harry Fine, who later produced Man of the World (with Craig Stevens) and the short lived Sentimental Agent series. No wonder why Invisible Man was so entertaining. A clear 5 stars to me, considering the restrictions under which they were working. Why the actor playing Dr Brady's part is unbilled? (Maybe that's why he is shouting all the time…

★★★★★ · good tv series · sc117 · 2017-11-30

seen this on the dailymotion website 6 years ago and on pluto tv great show special effects were excellent

★★★★★ · Ahead of it's time... · LugosiRules · 2009-01-09

This British series blows U.S. series of the late 1950's out of the water. Would like to see more of the early British/BBC sci-fi and fantasy shows from early television.

★★★★ · Pilot Episode begins with a vanishing and ends with a rousing chase · Showbizbuff · 2009-05-31

This Pilot episode of the series introduces the lead character, Dr. Peter Brady, a British scientist who is attempting to achieve invisibility with light refraction. We see a test of a new technique involving a white rat inside a sealed chamber. Dr. Brady introduces a small block of a black material into the chamber with the rat, and we can begin to see the rat disappear. Unfortunately, there is a leak of the gaseous material into the main laboratory where Dr. Brady is working, and it proceeds to render him invisible. Dr. Brady reports the accident to his superiors, but is totally unprepared…

★★★★ · You can adjust to any pecularity that doesn't hurt you · 1StepBeyond · 2009-08-02

A scientist working in a secured facility who becomes invisible because of a lab accident doesn't seem to alarm anyone for very long. His sister believes he should continue acting the gentleman. Wells' original story had the man quite frustrated and danagerous. This one is too civilized and so accepting of his circumstances. Still I am entertained.

★★★★ · Entertaining · Deeceer · 2010-12-16

An entertaining series that repeated on British television in the 1960s (when I saw some episodes as a child). Special effects aren't too bad; scripts are solid if simple; acting is typical of its day. All round good fun. One has to feel sorry for the actor who was cast in the title role - he scores a lead role gig and is unseen after the first five minutes! Also I had to laugh at hearing how 'shouty' the actor is - reminds me of people who used to shout when talking to my stepfather. He'd tell them: "Hey, I'm blind, not deaf!" In The Invible Man it almost seems the actor and director felt he…