The Amazing Transparent Man, 1960 B&W
Safecracker Faust is broken out of prison by the ex-Major to help steal fissionable materials for dubious scientific research. First he's turned Transparent (first thing he does is grope the only woman in the movie), sent out to steal the goods, then he's turned visible. The goal? Create an invisible military force. Faust double-crosses the double-crosser, is dying from radiation poisoning, ex-Nazi scientist develops a conscience and refuses to do any more experiments. Faust eventually decides to stop ex-Major, big nuclear BOOM. Faustian deals. Existential question is posed. By the by, The Transparent Man was not very Amazing. Favorite lines:
Julian: "You know what one of these bullets will do? It'll rip out your spine and roll it up like a ball of string!" Yikes!
also:
Policeman: "Faust has figured out a way to turn himself invisible. We are helpless to stop him." Jeez, at least try!
The Atomic Brain, 1964 B&W
Grave-robbing, murder, corpse-reanimation. Dr. Frank does it all. A very Disinterested Narrator (perhaps the same one from Queen of the Amazon?) begins this story, to catch us up to the present where a rich old woman has hired Dr. Frank to find a way to transfer her brain into a young woman's body. But not a dead one. Oh no! We are hiring 3 young servants to fullfill that role. Hiring a young woman to have her brain wiped and replaced by old crazy-pants. One gets experimented on and has a cat brain put in her. Next one gets blinded by cat-woman. Third one is set to get crazy-pants' brain, and all her millions. Plot twist! Crazy-pants brain ends up in a cat, Doc gets fried by cat in own invention. And Our third woman? She escapes and Crazy-cat-pants follows her to exact revenge...one day... Favorite lines:
Disinterested Narrator (remember to sound very bored): "This body had only been in the vault a few hours. Chances seemed better this time. Still, Dr. Frank was doubtful. Tissue and dead bodies deteriorate rapidly. Where were the live, fresh bodies he'd been promised?" Where indeed? Haven't we all asked that question once in our life?
I have to admit, I have seen The Atomic Brain before. It was not any better the second time around.