2/10
The Butcher of Los Angeles
25 July 2008
Lon Chaney Jr. is completely wasted as Charles "The Butcher" Benton. Chaney as "The Butcher", a man convicted for bank robbery and murder, is executed; then, he is accidentally revived, by a doctor seeking a cure for cancer. So, the mute and murderous Mr. Chaney goes on a lumbering rampage, to Los Angeles, knocking off (among others) the gang members who betrayed him. The dull, unimaginative story is augmented by a even duller "Dragnet"-style descriptive narration. The location footage is a relative strength. Otherwise, this one is criminal.

** Indestructible Man (1956) Jack Pollexfen ~ Lon Chaney Jr., Max Showalter, Marian Carr
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