
The Vanishing Man
1997-04-02 · 132 min · ★ 7.0
While Nick Cameron is returning to England from the continent with mysterious cargo in the cabin section of his small aircraft, he is thrown off-course by a severe electrical storm and loses radio contact. To his surprise and horror, he is arrested upon landing and accused of being a traitor in connection with the cargo he has been carrying - which, unknown to him, contained plutonium. Although he pleads innocent, Nick is not believed and is sentenced to a long term in prison. While in prison, he is subjected to special experimentation at a mysterious laboratory - with one unnerving, and unexpected, side-effect of the experiments being intermittent invisibility. —David McAnally
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- Directors
- Maurice Phillips
- Production companies
- ABTV, Agran Barton Television, ITV Independent Television (GB)
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Neil MorrisseyNick Cameron
Barbara FlynnMe Jeffries
Lucy AkhurstAlice Grant
Mark WomackJoe Cameron
Peter EyreForstarter
Dominic JephcottDr. Chivers
Roger BrierleyHead
Shaun PrendergastGimson
William ChubbGordon Wells
James LaurensonMoreau
Tara MacGowranSecretary
Nadia SawalhaCatherine
Steve EdwinSecond Policeman
Clive BruntSteve
Cameron JackThatcher
William HopeKyle JacobTitle information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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