The MOST DANGEROUS MAN ALIVE
- The MOST DANGEROUS MAN ALIVE
Film (1958). Trans-Global/Columbia. Dir Allan Dwan, starring Ron Randell, Debra Paget, Elaine Stewart, Anthony Caruso. Screenplay James Leicester, Phillip Rock, based on a story by Rock, Michael Pate. 82 mins, cut to 76 mins. B/w.
In this unusual blend of sf and crime movie, a framed gangster (Randell) escapes from prison and hides out in the desert, where he iscaught up in a nuclear test. He survives but discovers that he is slowly turning to steel. This enables him to exact revenge on those who framed him - he can absorb bullets - but the process gradually robs him of humanity, which worries the woman who loves him (Stewart) and renders his seduction by his two-timing ex-mistress (Paget) rather difficult. He is eventually destroyed by soldiers wielding flame-throwers. The film is cheaply made and its script banal, but veteran director Dwan imbues it with a certain harsh power.
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