The Worst Film Ever

Let's be realistic.

There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

You know he's a bad guy when Peter Lorre sarcastically refers to an American sporting event as "an event of major national importance". And sure enough, he is. Both him and Sir Cedric Hardwicke, the actor who proved that both an Ancient Roman and Egyptian ruler came with imperious British accents. "You old wind bag", he old an Eygyptian underling as Pharaoh Seti in "The Ten Commandments", and perhaps, he should say the same thing to Lorre here, 'cause as German and Japanese agents, they obviously don't trust each other, only using their allies for their own use. That is all to find the secret formula for making people invisible that Jon Hall has, unwilling to sell it even to his own country. But Hall managed to escape the enemy, changes his mind of selling it to the allies, and makes it to Germany where he dive-bombs out of a crashing plane, strips naked and invisible, and locates another agent (the seductive Ilona Massey) who is using portly dumb Nazi J. Edward Bromberg to get information on intended American targets. Lots of comic visuals around, especially of Hall using cold cream (which exposes not only his handsome face but his teeth as well, in addition to clearing up any acne that an invisible man can get) to show Massey what a handsome invisible man he is. (The thought of seeing the missing insides from a cold-cream covered man is both spooky and comical). The result of this film is silly propaganda fun with elements of science fiction thrown in to the wartime world.

Enjoyed this great 1942 comedy starring Jon Hall, (Frank Raymond) and Peter Lorre, (Baron Ikto) and Cedric Hardwiche, (Conrad Staffer). Frank uses his grandfather's secret formula which can make a person become invisible in order to find out secret information from Nazi Germany. It is believed that the Nazi's are going to bomb the United States and Frank is set to find out this information. Cedric Hardwicke. (Conrad Stauffer) plays the role as a Nazi officer who wants to catch the Invisible Agent and obtain his secrets. Ilona Massey, (Marie Sorenson) helps Frank Raymond who is very suspicious of her involvement in this situation. There is lots of comedy and Peter Lorre gave a great supporting role. Enjoy.

When a bunch of Nazis come calling on Jon Hall at his print shop in New York City, they seem to know all about him and the background he has tried to hide. Seems as though an ancestor of his was none other than Claude Rains who as John Griffin invented that invisibility formula that had the entire United Kingdom on edge. Hall barely escapes from the agents who include Cedric Hardwicke for the Nazis and Peter Lorre as a visiting ally from Japan.Right after Pearl Harbor like Wonder Woman, Hall decides his talents are best put to use in the Allied Cause. His condition is that he alone will be given the invisibility drug, mindful of the bad side effects it has including causing the madness that killed Claude Rains back in the day.Hall finds out some vital information, like the day the Axis is going to invade the USA and who their agents are in America. He has the help of the beautiful Ilona Massey, but he's not quite sure what side of the fence she's playing.The Nazis are stupid, even more stupid than usual in these films, but they've also got a lot of intrigues going among each other, between Cedric Hardwicke and J. Edward Bromberg to see who will be top dog under Himmler in the S.S. And Peter Lorre does not think terribly much of German efficiency and with these two around who could blame him. Maybe the Japanese ought to gain the secret of invisibility and they might be calling the tune in the Axis.It all makes for one horrific wartime propaganda flick that would be hooted off the screen by some and would offend others. Peter Lorre who was Jewish Hungarian, gets to do his Mr. Moto act with malevolence saying such things as you occidentals have this really big fetish about your white women and Hall coming back that he can't tell any of you monkeys apart. To be fare to Hardwicke, Lorre, and Bromberg, it's not easy dealing with an invisible man. Too bad they were at war with the British or they could find out how Claude Rains ultimately met his end.

Pretty decent flick that's fairly entertaining with good performances all around and likable characters. Now i will say this it's nothing that special but it's not a waste of time either It came with the Invisible Man legacy set so. The Direction is a little uneven some of the time but it's very acceptable and it makes for a watchable romp. Once again this is not a horror film more like a spy/like comedy in my opinion) The effects are top notch again with a great choice of casting as well. There is no gore. The Acting is GREAT. Ilona Massey is very beautiful and is also a fine actress and she had great chemistry with Jon Hall. Jon Hall does a very good job here and was very likable. Peter Lorre is a riot and is one of the all time great actors in my opinion he was excellent here providing lots of laughs. Cedric Hardwicke is a terrific actor he is great here and he was pretty intense as well. J. Edward Bromberg does fine here as the weasel. Overall worth the watch but really nothing all that special **1/2 out of 5