Indestructible Man

Infobox Film
name = Indestructible Man


caption = A promotional film poster for "Indestructible Man."
director = Jack Pollexfen
producer = Jack Pollexfen
writer = Vy Russell
Sue Bradford
starring = Lon Chaney Jr.
Max Showalter
Marian Carr
music = Albert Glasser
cinematography = John L. Russell, ASC
editing = Fred R. Feitshans Jr.
distributor = Allied Artists
released = 25 March 1956
runtime = 70 min
country = USA
awards =
language = English
budget =
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amg_id = 1:24740
imdb_id = 0049363

"Indestructible Man" (1956) is an American black and white science fiction film, an original screenplay by Vy Russell and Sue Bradford for producer-director Jack Pollexfen and starring Lon Chaney, Jr.. It was produced independently, and picked up after completion for distribution in the United States by Allied Artists Pictures Corporation. It was later featured in the fourth season of "Mystery Science Theater 3000", alongside an installment of the Crash Corrigan Undersea Kingdom serial.

Plot summary

It tells the story of Butcher Benton (Chaney), a double-crossed convicted robber and murderer who dies in the gas chamber and is inadvertently revived by a lone-wolf cancer researcher who claims his body from the prison and subjects it to further massive jolts of electricity. Benton's heart is restimulated, and he revives mad, mute, immensely strong and with skin virtually impervious even to bazooka shells. He sets out to avenge himself on the two henchmen who, in collusion with his attorney, betrayed him in order to steal his loot, and also to contact his stripper-girlfriend who has gone straight and begun dating the detective who brought Benton to justice.

Trivia

* Chaney has almost no dialogue in the film.
* Angels Flight appears prominently in this film.
* This film was featured in an episode of "Mystery Science Theater 3000" ("MST3K").

DVD releases

* The film has been released by numerous studios as a "bargain bin" disc.
* The "MST3K" version of the film has been released by Rhino Home Video as part of the "Collection, Volume 11" box set.

External links

* [http://www.archive.org/details/indestructible_man Free Download] from the Internet Archive