A brutal death row inmate double-crossed by his crooked lawyer gets his chance for revenge when, following his execution, a bizarre experiment brings him back to life and deadlier than ever.A brutal death row inmate double-crossed by his crooked lawyer gets his chance for revenge when, following his execution, a bizarre experiment brings him back to life and deadlier than ever.A brutal death row inmate double-crossed by his crooked lawyer gets his chance for revenge when, following his execution, a bizarre experiment brings him back to life and deadlier than ever.
- Charles Benton
- (as Lon Chaney)
- Lt. Dick Chasen
- (as Casey Adams)
- Eva Martin
- (as Marion Carr)
- Joe Marcellia
- (as Kenneth Terrell)
- Carney's Bait
- (as Rita Green)
- Desk Sergeant
- (as Roy Engle)
- Police Officer with Flamethrower
- (uncredited)
- Police Officer
- (uncredited)
- Bradshaw's Assistant
- (uncredited)
- Tall Stripper
- (uncredited)
- Police Sergeant
- (uncredited)
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- Writers
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- TriviaAlthough Joe Flynn played a serious role, audiences laughed at him. This convinced him that comedy was his forte, and he later specialized in comedic roles, most memorably as the irascible Capt. Binghamton in McHale's Navy (1962).
- GoofsIn one scene Lt John Lauder addresses Lt "Dick" Chasen as "Mike".
- Quotes
Paul Lowe, Attorney: Well that's it, Butcher. The evidence against you is so strong, the governor turned down your appeal.
Charles 'Butcher' Benton: You're a rotten liar, Lowe. You started rough. And now you're still trying to throw me curves.
Paul Lowe, Attorney: Look, I don't blame you for being edgy but get this straight. I didn't doublecross you. I never worked harder for a client.
Charles 'Butcher' Benton: You mean you never worked harder for a client to get him sentenced.
Paul Lowe, Attorney: You're a fool, Butcher. If you hadn't tried to doublecross Squeamy Ellis and Joe Marcelli, they wouldn't have turned state's evidence against you. But you had to get greedy, you wanted to keep the whole $600,000 for yourself. And the boys got sore and I don't blame them.
Charles 'Butcher' Benton: It was all your idea. You planned the whole job. You hired us. When you found out I stashed the money you decided it was time for me to die. You got those two crumbs to turn state's evidence on me. You stinkin' rotten mouthpiece.
Paul Lowe, Attorney: We both know that isn't true, Butcher. Now look what's the sense in not giving me the money? It's not going to do you any good.
Charles 'Butcher' Benton: Well, I'll have the satisfaction of knowing that none of you three crumbs are going to spend it.
Paul Lowe, Attorney: What about Eva? Don't you owe her something? You tell me where the money is, I'll see that she gets your share.
Charles 'Butcher' Benton: I've got a different idea. I'm gonna kill you and Squeamy and Joe. Then I'll take care of Eva myself.
Paul Lowe, Attorney: You thick-headed ape, you're gonna die tomorrow.
Charles 'Butcher' Benton: Remember what I said. I'm gonna get ya. All three of ya.
Paul Lowe, Attorney: Even for you, Butcher, that'd be quite a trick. So long, dead man.
Charles 'Butcher' Benton: [to himself, after Lowe leaves Butcher's cell] Remember what I said. I'm gonna kill ya. All three of ya.
- Crazy creditsIn the opening credit title, the word indestructible tilts upward to act as a suspension bridge between the pillars at the left and the pillars at the right.
- ConnectionsEdited from He Walked by Night (1948)
- SoundtracksFrankie and Johnny
Traditional
Played by off-screen band in the burlesque house
The cast actually has some fine actors, men like Casey Adams who starred in "Niagara" with some no-name dames called Marilyn Monroe and Jean Peters, and Lon Chaney, a familiar name among fans of this genre.
The is the tried-and-true revenge story. In this case, a man who is executed is taken from a mortuary to a scientist's lab where the doctor is experiment on cancer research. That doctor, by the way, is another familiar face - that of Inspector Henderson of Superman television fame (Robert Shayne). Oh, the assistant is Joe Flynn, also of TV fame (McHale's Navy.) I'm telling you, this had a pretty good cast.
Well, Charles "The Butcher" Benton (Chaney) is brought back to life, much to the surprise of the doctor and his assistant. "The Butcher" then shows his gratitude by killing those two guys and then grabbing a car and hightailing it from San Francisco down to Los Angeles. He's searching for his shyster lawyer and two other gang members who turned stoolie on him. His mission: kill those three guys.
I won't give away the rest but it's enjoyable to watch to see the "B" floozies in here and the generally schlocky-like story. It's a low-budget fun movie. Yet, despite all that, when it was all over - frankly - I thought this film could have been better, even on a small budget. I wonder if anyone else feels that way.
- ccthemovieman-1
- Oct 28, 2006
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- Runtime1 hour 12 minutes
- Color
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1