(NBC Primetime, 1975 - 1976)
[This is the second of several television series and made-for-TV
movies based upon H. G. Wells classic novel, which also was the
basis for the 1933 Claude Rains hit movie of the same name and
several other movies (over a dozen films were produced in several
countries based upon this legend since then);
The first series was created for British ITV, in conjunction with
the U. S.-based "Official Films", a division of CBS Films; the
first 13 episodes aired on CBS from 1958 - 1959, and then all 26
episodes were syndicated nationwide in the years following that;
In this NBC version of the legend, David McCallum (who had previously
played Russian agent Ilya Kuryakin on "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." spy
spoof), had the lead role of Dr. Daniel Westin; In contrast to the
premise of the first series in which the invisible man becomes a
British secret agent, in this series, he destroys his lab in order
to prevent the U.S. government from using the discovery...and then
goes on a race against his pursuers (ala "The Fugitive") to discover
a way to become visible again; his chief pursuer was played by Craig
Stevens (the former jazz afficianado detective "Peter Gunn")...
Seems like if he wanted to evade pursuers he would just stay invisible
but, oh well, that's television for you...I guess the audience didn't
buy it either because the series was cancelled after three months...;
There was also a Cable-TV production of "The Invisible Man" in 2000
which aired on The Sci-Fi Channel and was re-run on The USA Network]
[This was also the Main Title for the Pilot -- a 1975 Made-For-TV movie]
Composer: Richard J. Clements (ASCAP)
1978 Publisher: Duchess Music Corp. (BMI)
2001 Publisher: Duchess Music Corporation (BMI)
c/o Hawaii Music Corp.
of Los Angeles, CA
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[ASCAP title variations...
aka: "The Invisible Man Theme";
aka: "The Invisible Man"]
Composer: Henry Mancini (ASCAP)
[professional name of Enrico Nicola Mancini]
1978 Publisher: Leeds Music Corp. (ASCAP)
2001 Publisher: Universal-On Backstreet Music, Inc. (ASCAP)
c/o Universal Music Publishing Group
of Los Angeles, CA
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