A scientific experiment involving subjecting a corpse to an extreme charge of electricity accidentally revives an executed criminal and makes him impervious to harm, allowing him to seek revenge on his former partners, and deal similarly with anyone else who gets in his way.
03 Jul Indestructible Man (1956)
Jack Webb at 287,000 Volts
This is an absolutely horrid little film, not worth watching. It is a cheap blend of “Frankenstein” and the popular TeeVee show “Dragnet”, with a little “Third Man” thrown in. Dragnet started as a radio show and this project would have been better as a radio show. In fact, I listened to it recently with no video and was amazed how much more effective it was.
The format is narration by a detective in due noir-influenced fashion, partly to the audience, partly to a colleague, partly to a dictaphone.
The visuals have lots of close ups of Chaney’s twitching eyes, presumably hate-filled. The finale is where they spent their budget (probably $1,000), with fireworks, a crane, an ersatz power plant and a cardboard man which the fireworks blow over.
This is from a short period where all the women (except one barfly) are dressed to kill, in torpedo bras, corsets and girdles.
Posted in 2005
Ted’s Evaluation — 1 of 3: You can find something better to do with this part of your life.
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