The Unstoppable Man

The Unstoppable Man
Directed by Terry Bishop
Produced by John Pellatt
Written by Terry Bishop
Alun Falconer
Paddy Manning O'Brine
Based on the short story Amateur in Violence by Michael Gilbert[1]
Starring Cameron Mitchell
Marius Goring
Music by Bill McGuffie
Cinematography Arthur Grant
Edited by Antony Gibbs (as Anthony Gibbs)
Production
company
Argo Film Productions
Distributed by Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors (UK)
Running time
 68 minutes
Country United Kingdom
Language English

The Unstoppable Man is a 1960 British crime drama film directed by Terry Bishop and starring Cameron Mitchell, Harry H. Corbett, Marius Goring and Lois Maxwell.[2]

Plot

A gang of criminals kidnaps the son of James Kennedy, who is an American executive of a London-based chemical company.

Kennedy ignores the advice of Inspector Hazelrigg of Scotland Yard to try a plan of his own. He doubles the ransom amount, expecting the thieves to have a falling-out over how to divide it. One is indeed killed, and evidence at the crime scene leads Kennedy to a home in Hampstead where the mastermind, Feist, is keeping Kennedy's son.

Hazelrigg comes along, but agrees to give Kennedy a few minutes to enter the house alone. Armed with a flamethrower, Kennedy is able to take his son to safety while the police close in on Feist.

Cast

Critical reception

In a contemporary review, The Monthly Film Bulletin praised the film's "sharply drawn characters", "authentic backgrounds" and "slick and resourceful" direction;[3] and more recently, Mystery File wrote, "While there’s nothing in The Unstoppable Man that’s exceptional, that doesn’t mean that it isn’t a good — make that a very good — crime film. Running at around seventy minutes, it’s economical both on plot and the viewer’s time. But what it lacks in originality, it makes up for in atmosphere and an early 1960s jazz-influenced soundtrack that works very well."[4]

References

  1. ↑ Goble, Alan (1 January 1999). "The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film". Walter de Gruyter – via Google Books.
  2. ↑ "The Unstoppable Man (1960)".
  3. ↑ Chibnall, Stephen; McFarlane, Brian (23 October 2009). "The British 'B' Film". Palgrave Macmillan – via Google Books.
  4. ↑ "» A Movie Review by Jonathan Lewis: THE UNSTOPPABLE MAN (1960)".


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