The Unstoppable Man
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Alun Falconer
Paddy Manning O'Brine
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| Directed by | Terry Bishop |
| Written by | Terry Bishop Alun Falconer Paddy Manning O'Brine |
| Based on | The short story Amateur in Violence by Michael Gilbert[1] |
| Produced by | John Pellatt |
| Starring | Cameron Mitchell Marius Goring |
| Cinematography | Arthur Grant |
| Edited by | Antony Gibbs (as Anthony Gibbs) |
| Music by | Bill McGuffie |
Production company | Argo Film Productions |
| Distributed by | Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors (UK) |
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Running time | 68 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
The Unstoppable Man is a 1960 British second feature[2] crime drama film directed by Terry Bishop and starring Cameron Mitchell, Harry H. Corbett, Marius Goring and Lois Maxwell.[3] It was written by Bishop, Alun Falconer and Paddy Manning O'Brine based on the 1973 short story Amateur in Violence by Michael Gilbert.[1]
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 wants to act without the police. The father wants to pay any ransom and simply make a business deal. He doubles the ransom amount expecting the thieves to have a falling-out over how to divide it. Rocky steals part of the money and is indeed killed for it. Evidence at the crime scene leads Kennedy to a home in Hampstead where the mastermind, Feist, is keeping Kennedy's son.
Hazelrigg comes along for a second ransom payment 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
- Cameron Mitchell as James Kennedy
- Marius Goring as Inspector Hazelrigg
- Harry H. Corbett as Feist
- Lois Maxwell as Helen Kennedy
- Denis Gilmore as Jimmy Kennedy
- Humphrey Lestocq as Sergeant Plummer
- Ann Sears as Pat Delaney
- Timothy Bateson as Rocky
- Kenneth Cope as Benny
- Brian Rawlinson as Moonlight Jackson
- Tony Quinn as Casey
- Tony Doonan as Alan
- Susan Denny as Milly* Jean Marlow as May
- Edward Harvey as Lewis
- Emrys Leyshon as lab assistant
- Tony Hawes as TV interviewer
- Alan Edwards as Station Constable
- John Baker as reporter
- Liza Page as club girl
- Donald Auld as doorman
- Graham Stewart as taxi driver