A scientist is working on a machine which can make any object pass through another item. He goes to live and work with his brother and falls in love with the brother's fiancee. The brother thinks that he has made the machine work, but he is doing it himself.
Cheesy late '50s science fiction. I think that explains it perfectly. The plot and characters heavily reminded me of The Twilight Zone. Special effects were probably amazing for the time. There were the obvious prop and editing tricks like lining up the jewelery store window so that it didn't need glass (image) and the hand in steel prop. There was also compositing when he walked through walls. It looked really obvious and unconvincing by today's standards, but it must have seemed really cool in 1959. The credits say "color by De Luxe" and judging by the date, one of the better camera and film setups was used. I'm not talking Panavision Technicolor good, but almost. Audio was mid-range biased and a little raspy. Everyone was announcing their dialogue lines. Most of the soundtrack was dissonant jazz, but there was some stereotypical science fiction music as well. I rate it tolerable. It would get a worse score without the good video and special effects. You might not want to watch it.
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