The Invisible Man (1958 TV series)
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| Also known as | ''H.G. Wells' Invisible Man'' |
| Genre | Science fiction/Adventure/Espionage |
| Created by | Ralph Smart |
| Developed by | Larry White |
| Starring |
Lisa Daniely Deborah Watling |
| Voices of |
Robert Beatty (pilot episode) Tim Turner (series) |
| Opening theme | Sydney John Kay |
| Composer(s) |
Sydney John Kay |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 26, plus unaired pilot (list of episodes) |
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| Producer(s) | Ralph Smart for ITC |
| Cinematography |
Wolfgang Suschitzky Arthur Graham Bert Mason Brendan J. Stafford |
| Camera setup | Single-camera |
| Running time | 25 mins. |
| Distributor |
Official Films Peter Rodgers Organization |
| Release | |
| Original network | ITV |
| Picture format | Black-and-white |
| Audio format | Monaural |
| Original release | 14 September 1958 – 5 July 1959 |
Sydney John Kay
The Invisible Man (later known as H.G. Wells' Invisible Man) is a British black-and-white science fiction/adventure/espionage television series that aired on ITV from September 1958 to July 1959. The series aired on CBS in the United States, running two seasons totaling 26 half-hour episodes, and was nominally based on the novel by H. G. Wells, one of four such television series. The deviation from the novel went as far as changing the main character's name from Dr. Griffin to Dr. Peter Brady who, in this version, remained a sane man, not a power-hungry lunatic as in the book or the 1933 film adaptation. None of the other characters from the novel appeared on the series.
The series follows the adventures of Dr. Peter Brady, a scientist who is attempting to achieve invisibility with light refraction. However, the experiment goes wrong and turns him permanently invisible. He is initially declared a state secret and locked up, but eventually convinces the UK government, represented by Sir Charles Anderson, to allow him to return to his laboratory and search for an antidote ("Secret Experiment"). Almost immediately, British Intelligence recruits him for an assignment ("Crisis in the Desert"), but soon security is breached ("Behind the Mask") and he becomes a celebrity ("Picnic with Death"), consequently also using his invisibility to help people in trouble, as well as solve crimes and defeat spies for his country.
* This is how the character is credited on the rear sleeve of the Network DVD release. Billed in on-screen closing credits as simply The Invisible Man, with no actor's name listed. Michael Goodliffe is credited in the original release promotional documentation.
** In the unaired pilot episode The Invisible Man, the character's first name was Jane, but this was changed to Diane — or "Dee", as Brady himself usually refers to her — for the series.
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