I remember in the old Superman series there was an episode where George Reeves discovers that he has another hidden power, the power to pass through
solid objects if he concentrates. In that episode it was an eight feet thick concrete wall built like a fallout shelter.
Nothing like that is attempted here, but I do wonder if that episode inspired the creators of the 4D Man.
Robert Lansing who is the scientist who becomes the 4D Man through his experiments made his big screen debut here. He and brother James Congdon have been experimenting at a scientific think tank run by Edgar Stehli where Lansing's girlfriend Lee Meriwether also works.
I think Lansing might have also been inspired by what Claude Rains did in The invisible Man. Every time Lansing does his 4D thing and passes through something solid he ages and then has to kill someone to drain their life energy to maintain himself. He's dangerous but sympathetic, a balance that Claude Rains also achieved in his performance.
Not a great science fiction classic, but a good piece of work by Robert Lansing for a debut.
Nothing like that is attempted here, but I do wonder if that episode inspired the creators of the 4D Man.
Robert Lansing who is the scientist who becomes the 4D Man through his experiments made his big screen debut here. He and brother James Congdon have been experimenting at a scientific think tank run by Edgar Stehli where Lansing's girlfriend Lee Meriwether also works.
I think Lansing might have also been inspired by what Claude Rains did in The invisible Man. Every time Lansing does his 4D thing and passes through something solid he ages and then has to kill someone to drain their life energy to maintain himself. He's dangerous but sympathetic, a balance that Claude Rains also achieved in his performance.
Not a great science fiction classic, but a good piece of work by Robert Lansing for a debut.