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Director:
Fritz Lang
Writers:
Geoffrey Household (novel)
Dudley Nichols (screenplay)
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Release Date:
26 May 1945 (Sweden) more
Genre:
Drama | Thriller more
Plot:
British hunter Thorndike vacationing in Bavaria has Hitler in his gunsight. He is captured, beaten, left for dead... more | add synopsis
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NewsDesk:
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DVD Playhouse--June 2009
 (From The Hollywood Interview. 3 June 2009, 12:41 PM, PDT)
Man Hunt - DVD Review
 (From Monsters and Critics. 2 June 2009, 9:49 AM, PDT)
User Comments:
excellent film from the 1940's. more (33 total)

Cast

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Walter Pidgeon ... Captain Thorndike
Joan Bennett ... Jerry
George Sanders ... Quive-Smith
John Carradine ... Mr. Jones

Roddy McDowall ... Vaner
Ludwig Stössel ... Doctor (as Ludwig Stossell)
Heather Thatcher ... Lady Risborough
Frederick Worlock ... Lord Risborough
Roger Imhof ... Captain Jensen
Egon Brecher ... Jeweler
Lester Matthews ... Major
Holmes Herbert ... Farnsworthy
Eily Malyon ... Postmistress
Arno Frey ... Police Lieutenant
Frederick Vogeding ... Ambassador (as Fredrik Vogeding)
Lucien Prival ... Umbrella Man
Herbert Evans ... Reeves
Keith Hitchcock ... Bobby
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Charles Bennett ... Costermonger (uncredited)
Frank Benson ... Cab Driver (uncredited)
Ted Billings ... Newsboy (uncredited)
Walter Bonn ... Harbor Policeman (uncredited)
Sven Hugo Borg ... Ship's Mate (uncredited)
Cyril Delevanti ... Cab Driver (uncredited)
Carl Ekberg ... Adolf Hitler (uncredited)
Richard Fraser ... Navigator (uncredited)
Douglas Gerrard ... Policeman (uncredited)
William Haade ... Sentry (uncredited)
Bobby Hale ... Costermonger (uncredited)
Adolf Hitler ... Himself (in montage) (uncredited) (archive footage)
Olaf Hytten ... Piel, the law clerk (uncredited)
Hans Joby ... Tracker (uncredited)
Kurt Kreuger ... German Attaché (uncredited)
Bruce Lester ... Co-Pilot (uncredited)

Adolf E. Licho ... (uncredited)
Virginia McDowall ... Mary, the Postmistress's Daughter (uncredited)
Adolph Milar ... Pigeon Man (uncredited)
Carl Ottmar ... Harbor Policeman (uncredited)
Otto Reichow ... First Sentry (uncredited)
John Rogers ... Cockney-Henchman (uncredited)
Clifford Severn ... Cockney Boy (uncredited)
Robert R. Stephenson ... Sentry (uncredited)
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Directed by
Fritz Lang 
 
Writing credits
Geoffrey Household (novel "Rogue Male")

Dudley Nichols (screenplay)

Produced by
Kenneth Macgowan .... associate producer
 
Original Music by
Alfred Newman 
 
Cinematography by
Arthur C. Miller  (as Arthur Miller)
 
Film Editing by
Allen McNeil 
 
Art Direction by
Richard Day 
Wiard Ihnen  (as Wiard B. Ihnen)
 
Set Decoration by
Thomas Little 
 
Costume Design by
Travis Banton 
 
Art Department
Don B. Greenwood .... property master (uncredited)
 
Sound Department
Eugene Grossman .... sound
Roger Heman Sr. .... sound (as Roger Heman)
 
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
105 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English | German
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)
Certification:
Australia:PG | USA:Approved (certificate #7219) | Canada:G (video rating) | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15
Company:
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
When Thorndike (Pidgeon) is captured, the George Sanders character inspects his belongings including his rifle, which bears the maker's name of "Hammond and Hammond, Bond Street". There was no such gunsmith in the UK and it seems likely they name is borrowed from a very famous gunsmith called Holland and Holland of Bruton Street, which is situated nearby. more
Quotes:
Vaner: Have you committed a crime?
Captain Alan Thorndike: No.
Vaner: Was it, um, about a woman?
Captain Alan Thorndike: [smiling] I see you know life.
Vaner: I thought so, sir. They're a dickens of a problem, aren't they?
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Rogue Male: The Making of 'Man Hunt' (2009) (V) more
Soundtrack:
She Was Poor but She Was Honest more

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5 out of 7 people found the following comment useful.
excellent film from the 1940's., 31 July 2007
9/10
Author: mentalguitar343 from New York, U S

A very effective evocation of a playboy's politicization. One thing the above comments have not mentioned is the use of the background song "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" a British popular song from the 1940s (I believe). I managed to purchase a ragged video tape version of this classic Fritz Lang thriller (on ebay). I love this movie (My dad was a big Fritz Lang fan). I long for the appearance of this flick on DVD. There should be a DVD collection of Fritz Lang films; I haven't been able to find one of his American/British films. This is one of George Sander's best roles. And the mood is quite powerful-- very film noir. When the TV cable stations play patriotic films on holidays this one should be programmed.

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