Lon Chaney Jr. plays Dan McCormack, an amiable carnival worker who can withstand electrical shocks. When the bus he's on crashes into a power line, killing the other passengers, Dan becomes front page news as the sole survivor. Dr. John Lawrence(played by Samuel Hinds) offers Dan a job in order so that he can be studied to see why he is immune. Dan starts to fall for the doctor's niece June(played by Anne Nagel) but reporter Mark Adams, who covered Dan's story, has also. Sadly. Dr. Rigas(played by Lionel Atwill), who is also there studying Dan, has evil designs on exploiting Dan to reap power, but when Dr. Lawrence gets wind of this, he orders Dan(who is now being controlled through electric charge) to kill him, causing Dan to be tried, convicted, and executed for his murder, but putting him in the electric chair only makes things worse...
Interesting yarn is far-fetched but engaging, with good performances and an effective sense of tragedy surrounding poor Dan, especially at the end with the dog.
Interesting yarn is far-fetched but engaging, with good performances and an effective sense of tragedy surrounding poor Dan, especially at the end with the dog.