"The Invisible Man" (1975) TV series 1975-1976

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Creators:

Harve Bennett
Steven Bochco

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

8 September 1975 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Sci-Fi

Plot:

The weekly adventures of Dr. Daniel Westin, an invisible scientist working as an agent for a private thinktank.

Plot Keywords:

Mask | Scientist | Spy | Invisible Man | Based On Novel

Cast

David McCallum	...	Dr. Daniel Westin (12 episodes, 1975-1976)
Melinda O. Fee	...	Dr. Kate Westin / ... (10 episodes, 1975-1976)
Craig Stevens	...	Walter Carlson / ... (9 episodes, 1975-1976)

Runtime:

60 min (14 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Silverton Productions

too Intelligent of a Show, Relied on Plot more than Fisticuffs

When Dr. Daniel Westin is turned invisible from an experiment, he must now don a mask and gloves when he walks among people. Played by David MacCallum with longer hair that is blonde, he looks nothing like his character on the Man From Uncle. I remembered this show from its brief original run, and caught a half dozen episodes off Sci Fi Network a few years back and they are a marvel to behold. Melinda O. Fee as his cooperative scientist wife, who isn't a Charlies Angel in behaviour but is most definitely in looks, plays well off watching her husband disappear as he disrobes. Craig Stevens statue presence rounds it out nicely. But the show worked marvelously, relying on the moving camera either letting you know where Daniel was or giving his eye view as he approached a person or area. The show offered no camp, no humour, and no sexual bickering. One fantastic episode had Daniel offer his mask as an escape for a person he had to smuggle out of the enemy headquarters and he simply walks out beside him invisible. With the possible exception of the old Topper movie, there hasn't been anything like this show before or since.