Tagline(s):	Invisible and Deadly!
	The Most Amazing Picture Of The Year! He's Invisible! He's Deadly!
	WARNING! Joey Faust, escaped convict, THE AMAZING TRANSPARENT MAN, has vowed to "appear" invisibly IN PERSON at every performance of this picture!
	What you can't see will kill you!
	A nation at his mercy!

Nomination Year: 2004

SYNOPSIS: Paul Krenner, an ex-major with delusions of grandeur, has forced scientist Peter Ulof to develop a radiation-based technique to turn men invisible, with which process he plans to create an invisible army to sell to the highest bidder. He busts safecracker Joey Faust out of prison and forces him to undergo the invisibility treatment so he can steal more radium to further the experimentation. Plans go awry when Faust discovers there is a side-effect to the invisibility treatments he didn't count on.

Yeah, I know something else that's "invisible and deadly," and it smells just as bad.

Smithee Award Nominations

Worst Special Effect

And Right Behind the Guinea Pig Is My Friend, Harvey Okay, so the guinea pig turns invisible. I could buy that; the SPFX for the transformation weren't *terrible* for the era. But he lost me when he tries to convince our protagonist that the guinea pig is still there by petting it. Or perhaps I should say "by waving his hand over the area where the alleged guinea pig is supposed to be." He doesn't even attempt to follow the countour of an imaginary animal--he simply moves his hand in a wooden, lackluster motion. He even says, "This should leave no doubts..." Gee, I'M convinced.

Crummiest Ending

How Would Jesus End the Film? For some reason, I got a couple of those rare films this year that suddenly address the audience at the end. Which is okay, because I think they make for some of my favorite Crummiest Endings. The agent and the German scientist wax philosophical about the implications of technology and then, with no warning, the scientist turns to US and asks..."What would YOU do?" Roll credits. The answer: Walk straight to the box office and demand my money back.

Directors

Director	Claim to Fame
Edgar G. Ulmer	Directed 57 films, including The Black Cat with Lugosi, Girls in Chains, The Man from Planet X, Daughter of Dr. Jekyll, and Beyond the Time Barrier.

Cast

Actor	Character	Claim to Fame
Marguerite Chapman	Laura Matson	Gorgeous leading lady of the '40s through '70s. Was in many a TV crime drama and was Miss Morris in The Seven-Year Itch, Mona Jackson in A Man's World, and Glenda White...Parachute Nurse!
Douglas Kennedy	Joey Faust	Parts in many Westerns, including Sheriff Fred Madden on "Big Valley" and the titular "Steve Donovan, Western Marshal."
James Griffith	Maj. Paul Krenner	Very prolific with almost 250 credits to his name, James went for swarthy, weasley villain roles. Oh, and Deputy Tom Ferguson on "U.S. Marshal."
Ivan Triesault	Dr. Peter Ulof	Played scientists and ambassadors in Westerns and on "Batman."
Boyd "Red" Morgan	Julian	Actor/stuntman who was on a lot of westerns, including "Maverick," "Wagon Train," "Rawhide," "Branded," "Gunsmoke," and "Bonanza," to name just a few.
Cormel Daniel	Maria Ulof
Ed Erwin	Drake
Jonathan Ledford	Smith	Eight credits, several Smithee.
Patrick Cranshaw	Security Guard	Fascinating-looking mustachioed skinny old man, he played the funny coot in many a role, including Andy on "Alice," Jake Loomis on "Mork & Mindy," Bob Scannell on "AfterMASH," and the feisty Blue in Old School.

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