Wizard-8 When I read the description for "Indestructible Man" before actually watching the movie, I was sure that I would enjoy it. Although I did find a number of significant flaws in the movie (more about them shortly), I found the movie to be fun all the same. It has an irresistible premise; who can't find compelling the tale of an indestructible killer hunting down the people who did him wrong? Indeed, the strongest scenes in the movie are when it's focused on Lon Chaney's character doing just that. This part of the movie is a lot of fun, and helps make up for the movie's weaknesses. The movie is really cheap, for one thing, ranging from the excessive narration telling us stuff instead of showing it, to the shabby sets and props. And while the movie is only 70 minutes long, the stuff between the Lon Chaney scenes more often than not feels like padding. I wonder what Hollywood could do with a remake of this movie. Though come to think of it, while a remake would probably be slicker and better plotted, it wouldn't have this movie's quaint charm. Check it out next time it plays on Turner Classic Movies.

gavin6942 Scientific experiments accidentally revive an executed criminal (Lon Chaney Jr.) and make him impervious to harm, prompting him to seek revenge on his former partners.IMDb calls this a "horror" and "science fiction" film. And it is. But it is really more of a crime film with certain elements of science fiction (and just a pinch of horror). I mean, the basic plot is a condemned prisoner getting revenge on his gang. It is not gory or science-silly like "Shocker", for example.This is one of those roles in Chaney's career where the alcoholism has taken over. You can see it in his face, but he still gives a solid enough performance for this bit of 1950s cheese. Being in the public domain, we may never see a decent release, but then again who knows? If they can release "Brain That Wouldn't Die" on Blu...

oscar-35 *Spoiler/plot- Indestructible Man, 1956. "Butcher" Benton goes to his death in the state prison. He's cursing the three men who double-crossed him following an armored-car hold-up; his two gang pals with Paul Lowe, his attorney and leader of the gang. He vows to return and kill them. Butcher is executed without revealing the location of the stolen money. Detective Chasen is determined to keep working on the case until the stolen loot is recovered. Benton's body is taken to Professor Bradshaw and his assistant (Joe 'Mcales Navy' Flynn) for post-death experimentation. They manage to restore him to life, making him practically indestructible in huge amounts of energy. Butcher takes off after the three men, getting rid of everybody who stands in his way. He is impervious to police bullets. He kills gang pals Ellis and Marcelli. Now lawyer Lowe seeks police protection. Benton takes to the Los Angeles sewers to recover the hidden loot and the police are powerless to stop him. Drama film finish goes underground then.*Special Stars- Lon Chaney Jr., Max Showwalter, Marion Carr, Robery Shayne, Roy Engel, Joe Flynn. *Theme- Man sometimes should not tamper with nature and death.*Trivia/location/goofs- All of Chaney's dialog was in the first scene due to his reportedly extremely heavy alcohol use during lunch break. Locations: The Bradbury Building is an architectural landmark in Los Angeles, California. The building was built in 1893 and is located at 304 South Broadway (3rd and Broadway) in downtown Los Angeles. Angeles Flight was in Los Angeles downtown only a block away. Delores Hamburger Drive-in was another landmark of the area.*Emotion- A enjoyable film mainly due to Lon Chaney Jr film presence at his career's end. Wonderfully 'noir' and sci-fi at the same time. There are many levels of drama and parallels to recent modern film's to satisfy the knowledgeable film fan.*Based On- Frankenstein legends.

calvinnme ... is the best way I can describe the flavor of this film, which is not nearly as bad as its current low rating would have you believe. In fact, if you like 50's and 60's Allied Artist horror on the cheap, I think you'll like this one. Remember Allied Artists was a poverty row outfit, and they could usually afford just one star. In this case it is Lon Chaney Jr. as armed robber Charles Benton, betrayed by two other bank robbers who turned state's evidence at the request of sleazy lawyer Paul Lowe, who wants a fall guy for the robbery and a chance at a smaller split for the 600K payroll heist for which he hired the three thieves in the first place. Benton realizes all of this, and the last thing he says before he is executed is that he is going to get the three who betrayed him.Now the lawyer isn't nervous at all, but the two other robbers think maybe Benton took some of the money - which at the time of his death only he knew the location - and hired a hit man for them. What they are definitely not expecting is for a couple of scientists to pay off the morgue attendant at the prison to hand over Benton's body. The pair are experimenting with electricity as a cure for cancer and need a fresh human body for their next test. Well "It's Alive!" turns out to be instantaneous tragedy for this pair instead of temporary triumph as in the case of Victor Frankenstein. Benton is unexpectedly brought back to life with a molecular structure that can't be penetrated by any substance, vocal chords burned out so he can't speak, superhuman strength, and with a desire to pick up where he left off and kill the three guys who betrayed him. I'll let you watch and see how this all pans out.The Dragnet comparison comes from the voice over of police Lt. Dick Chasen who is narrating the whole story. With Allied Artist horror you really don't expect much in the way of great acting or good art design, but more could have been done for the continuity and even the dialogue. For instance after Benton returns to life the narrator calls him a "Monster Made Man". Huh? What monster made him? I believe he meant to say "Man Made Monster". The narrator talks about how Benton wants to save killing crooked lawyer Paul for last, but then later after he kills the first of his fellow robbers he goes looking for the lawyer. In the jail house conversation Paul was trying to get the location of the hidden loot out of Benton who refuses to tell, but later Paul has somehow figured out how to get the loot but just can't open the strongbox it is in. Benton is established as a character who just wants to kill the three who betrayed him, yet mid-film he shows up in the middle of some suburb attacking and killing random people. Usually the best horror establishes the "monster" as someone for whom you have some sympathy and thus ambivalent feelings. Here Benton is pretty much just a mute killing machine after he is revived. I'd recommend this one, just realize you are dealing with an outfit that didn't have much in the way of funding to begin with and try to meet it half-way.