The New Invisible Man

Episode aired Mar 17, 1956
26m

IMDb RATING

6.7/10

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Boris Karloff in Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1954)

Crime Drama Mystery

A major insists he saw a pair of gloves shoot a man dead.A major insists he saw a pair of gloves shoot a man dead.A major insists he saw a pair of gloves shoot a man dead.

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IMDb RATING

6.7/10

YOUR RATING

5User reviews

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Trivia
Third of three episodes stitched together and released as Colonel March Investigates (1953). Serving as the series pilot, they were filmed in 1952, one year before production resumed on the final 23 episodes with "The Second Mona Lisa" ("Hot Money" and "Death in the Dressing Room" were the first two).

Goofs
Two of the British actors speak American English in pronouncing 'privacy' Boris Karloff (as Colonel March) and Anthony Forwood (as Jim Hartley).

Connections
Edited into Colonel March Investigates (1953)

Despite the excellent title, THE NEW INVISIBLE MAN is one of the weaker episodes of the Colonel March TV series and certainly the weakest of three episodes stitched together for the feature film anthology COLONEL MARCH INVESTIGATES. The story is a simple locked room murder case with a bizarre twist; a witness to the crime saw a pair of disembodied hands committing the crime.

The story is let down by some insufferably stuffy characters and a lot of padding that seems to drag things out endlessly even though the running time only clocks in at 25 minutes. Karloff and Roberts are on autopilot here, although there is a nice little role for Patricia Owens, the actress best known for her role in THE FLY. I did enjoy the eventual reveal, which is a clever twist, but the journey to that point is a distinctly average one.