EDITOR’S NOTE: Indestructible Man was on Chiller Theater on Saturday, August 1, 1964 at 4:00 p.m., Saturday, July 30, 1966 at 11:20 p.m. and Saturday, August 12, 1967 at 11:20 p.m.

Charles “Butcher” Benton (Lon Chaney Jr.) is dead. He lived a life of crime and now, after being blasted by the electric chair, he’s ready for the ground. That’s when his body is sold to Dr. Bradshaw (Robert Shayne), who thinks that he can cure cancer by injecting chemicals and shocking dead bodies. It works, as Benton gets up and starts walking. It works too well, as now the felon can shrug off scalpels, bullets and even larger weapons.

His henchman and lawyer (Ross Elliot) got him killed so they could get his money and his dancer girl (Peggy Maley) is now dating the cop, Lt. Richard Chasen (Max Showalter), who caught her man. Benton uses the sewers to escape and keep killing, but the cops decide to shoot him with both a bazooka and a flamethrower, but it doesn’t stop him. What does is nearly the entire power grid of Los Angeles being applied directly to his body.

Directed by Jack Pollexfen (The Man from Planet X, Captive Women) and written by Vy Russell and Sue Dwiggins, the rare for the time female team of writers who also scripted Monstrosity. Lon Chaney Jr. plays most of his role with no dialogue, instead all through acting. Then again, he asked for no changes in the dialogue or script after lunch, because that’s when he started to drink.

This movie is also a travelogue of old Los Angeles with so many incredible locations. As for the sewer scenes, many of them come from He Walked By Night.

You can watch this on Tubi.