''The Unstoppable Man'' is a 1960 British

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film directed by Terry Bishop and starring Cameron Mitchell, Harry H. Corbett,

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and

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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

* Cameron Mitchell as James Kennedy *

as Inspector Hazelrigg * Harry H. Corbett as Feist *

as Helen Kennedy * Denis Gilmore as Jimmy Kennedy * Humphrey Lestocq as Sergeant Plummer * Ann Sears as Pat Delaney *

Timothy Bateson Timothy Dingwall Bateson (3 April 1926 – 15 September 2009) was an English actor. Life and career Born in London, the son of solicitor Dingwall Latham Bateson and the great-nephew of rugby player Harold Dingwall Bateson, he was educated at ...

as Rocky *

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as Benny *

Brian Rawlinson Brian Rawlinson (12 November 1931 – 23 November 2000)"Brian Rawlinson"
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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

Critical reception

In a contemporary review, ''

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'' praised the film's "sharply drawn characters", "authentic backgrounds" and "slick and resourceful" direction; 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."

References

External links

* 1960 films 1960 crime drama films British crime drama films Films directed by Terry Bishop Films about child abduction 1960s English-language films 1960s British films {{crime-drama-film-stub