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The Invisible Man

  • 1958-1960
  • 2 seasons
  • CBS
  • Drama, Science Fiction, Suspense

While working on an invisibility formula, British scientist Dr. Peter Brady (Tim Turner) suffers a tragic accident which turns him invisible. Unfortunately, there is no antidote, so while working on a method to regain his visibility, he undertakes missions for his government stopping bad guys.

Season 1 Episode Guide

14 Episodes 1958 - 1959

Episode 0

Pilot Story

Scientist Peter Brady is accidentally turned invisible during a lab experiment. When his story becomes public knowledge, a gang abducts his niece and forces him to rob a bank for them.

Episode 1

Secret Experiment

Tue, Nov 4, 1958 26 mins

While working in the lab, scientist Peter Brady is exposed to a radiation leak and becomes invisible. The British government wants to classify him as top secret and lock him up, but Peter escapes and turns to a friend... only to discover that he's a traitor.

Episode 2

Crisis in the Desert

Tue, Nov 11, 1958 26 mins

Military Intelligence asks Peter to undertake a mission to rescue an intelligence operative. To free the man, Peter and a local resistance fighter must breach the high-security hospital and get the operative out.

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Episode 3

Behind the Mask

Tue, Nov 18, 1958 26 mins

Millionaire Raphael Constantine has suffered massive facial trauma in a bomb explosion, and volunteers as a guinea pig for Peter's invisibility experiments. However, he really wants to become invisible so that he can assassinate the world leader that he holds responsible for his disfigurement.

Episode 4

The Locked Room

Tue, Dec 9, 1958 26 mins

Scientist Tania Brofuri speaks out against her government and is imprisoned at her country's English embassy, and Peter tries to rescue her so that she can help him with his invisibility experiments. However, the Russians want her back and will go to any lengths to recover her.

Episode 5

Picnic with Death

25 mins

After he is caught in a car accident, Peter's existence as the Invisible Man is revealed to the world. While he tries to cope with the newfound publicity, a neighbor girl asks him to stop her stepfather and his sister from murdering her mother to get her money and save their family estate.

Episode 6

Play to Kill

25 mins

Peter comes to the assistance of an actress, Barbara Crane, who inadvertently ran over a hobo and killed while driving along a country road. A blackmailer saw the accident and is threatening to go public unless she pays him, but Peter soon realizes that the blackmailer is close to Barbara.

Episode 7

Shadow on the Screen

Tue, Nov 25, 1958 25 mins

A woman comes to Peter asking for help rescuing her husband, a Russian sailor who wants to defect. However, when Peter boards the ship he realizes that it's a trap... and the Russians have a device that can detect him despite his invisibility.

Episode 8

The Mink Coat

Tue, Dec 2, 1958 25 mins

Diane becomes convinced that the inner-lining of an airplane passenger's fur coat is being used for smuggling purposes.

Episode 9

Blind Justice

24 mins

Peter comes to the aid of a family friend, pilot Arthur Holt, who is framed for drug smuggling. The smugglers send a killer, Sparrow, to Holt's home to eliminate him. While Holt lies dying in a hospital, Peter assists the only witness to identify Sparrow: Holt's blind wife, Katherine.

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Episode 10

Jailbreak

Tue, Dec 23, 1958 25 mins

Peter learns about a man, Joe Green, who was convicted of robbery but keeps trying to escape prison so he can prove his innocence. Intrigued, Peter breaks into prison and soon confirms that Green is telling the truth, and helps him to find the woman who can prove his innocence and bring the guilty to justice.

Episode 11

Bank Raid

24 mins

A clever criminal and his gang abduct Sally from her school, and then contact Peter and Diane and offer to return the girl in return for a meeting with Peter. When Peter meets with them, they tell him that he will have to steal $50,000 from a bank to buy his niece's freedom.

Episode 12

Odds Against Death

Tue, Jan 20, 1959 26 mins

Professor Owens is forced to work for a gangster who holds his daughter Suzy as a hostage, and come up with a mathematical system to win at the roulette table. Peter originally assumes that Owens has become a compulsive gambler, but when he learns that his friend is in trouble, he vows to help.

Episode 13

Strange Partners

24 mins

The wealthy Lucian Currie has his butler steal Peter's papers and forces the Invisible Man to kill his elderly partner by hitting him in the chest and inducing a heart attack. To make sure that Peter follows his orders, Lucian has an attack dog that can sniff Peter out and kill him if he tries to slip away.

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