The Man Who Wouldn't Die is a 1995 action mystery film by director Bill Condon. The film, which aired as a movie of the week during the May Sweeps in 1995, stars Roger Moore, Nancy Allen and Malcolm McDowell. Internationally, it received either a theatrical or direct-to-video release.[1]
| The Man Who Wouldn't Die | |
|---|---|
 Roger Moore and Nancy Allen | |
| Genre | Crime Drama Fantasy |
| Written by | Don Shroll David Amann |
| Directed by | Bill Condon |
| Starring | Roger Moore Nancy Allen Malcolm McDowell Eric McCormack |
| Music by | David Shire |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Alan Barnette Samuel Benedict Mark Gordon Roger Moore |
| Producer | Mark Gordon |
| Production locations | Vancouver Victoria, British Columbia |
| Cinematography | Stephen M. Katz |
| Editor | Virginia Katz |
| Running time | 98 minutes |
| Production companies | Alan Barnette Productions Universal Television |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABC |
| Release | May 29, 1995 |
Synopsis
editIn The Man Who Wouldn't Die art imitates life for Thomas Grace (Roger Moore), a famous British ex-novelist who wrote a series of acclaimed crime stories featuring a villain patterned after real-life criminal Bernard Drake (Malcolm McDowell). Now living in America, Grace works as a hack reporter for a city newspaper. After reading one of Grace's books, Jessie Gallardo (Nancy Allen), a waitress with burgeoning psychic abilities, predicts several murders—with Grace as one of the victims. Her visions identify the enemy as Drake, who has escaped from prison by faking his own death in a fire. As Drake sets out to frame the author for a series of grisly murders based around his novels, it is up to Thomas and Jessie to clear their names, stop him, and stay alive in the process. Eric McCormack co-stars as a doubtful newspaper colleague.
Cast
edit- Roger Moore as Thomas Grace / Inspector Fulbright
- Nancy Allen as Jessie Gallardo
- Malcolm McDowell as Bernard Drake / Ian Morrissey
- Jackson Davies as Lt. Powers
- Eric McCormack as Jack Sullivan
- Roman Podhora as Walter Tilley
- Gillian Barber as Art Sycophant
- Roger R. Cross as McKinnon
- Kevin McNulty as Curruthers
Reception
editBBC's Radio Times gave the movie 3 stars, saying it had a "dark sense of fun" that was "surely worth an hour and a half of anyone's time."[2]
The Youngstown Vindicator said the film was "thoroughly enjoyable" and "as polished and as surprising as any good mystery drama can provide".[3]
References
edit- ^ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113752/ [user-generated source]
- ^ "The Man Who Wouldn't Die (1995) Malcolm McDowell, Roger Moore, Nancy Allen". Malcolmtribute.freeiz.com. Retrieved 2012-05-14.
- ^ "The Man Who Wouldn't Die:ABC keeps movie for sweeps". The Youngstown Vindicator. May 29, 1995.