Indestructible Man

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A violent criminal named Charles "The Butcher" Benton (Lon Chaney Jr.) is executed and then brought back to life by a scientist using electricity. The Butcher becomes an invulnerable mute and seeks vengeance upon those who caused his execution.

Watch or download it from the Internet Archive.

For the Mystery Science Theater 3000 episode see here.

Tropes used in Indestructible Man include:

• Absurdly Spacious Sewer: One of the later areas Benton gets chased to.
• BFG: Once the police track Benton down to the sewer, and realize that bullets have little effect on him, they break out the standard police-issue flamethrower and bazooka.
• Body Horror: Benton after his indestructibility starts wearing a little thin.
• Exactly What It Says on the Tin
• In the Style Of: The film is told in a narrative style deliberately modeled on Dragnet.
• Lady Drunk: The old lady in the Bad Guy Bar.
• Made of Iron: The Butcher after the operation.
• Names to Run Away From: Butcher Benton.
• Nigh Invulnerability: "Nigh" being the important word here. The Butcher looks noticeably the worse for wear after a flamethrower to the face and a bazooka to the gut.
• Roaring Rampage of Revenge: Minus the roaring.
• Show Some Leg: Benton runs across an attractive young lady next to her broken down car. Turns out she was being used as a bit of bait for the driver, a somewhat slimeball carney. Sure, the car was actually broken down, but the guy knew the girl would be better at attracting help.
• The Speechless: Butcher Benton after his resurrection.
• Stripper With a Heart of Gold: Eva
• Thousand-Yard Stare: Seen in a witness as she's talking to the police about her encounter with The Butcher. Joel and the 'bots become agitated when she goes a long time without blinking.