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7.7/10   798 votes
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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:
(6 articles)
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)

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Great film more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Walter Pidgeon ... Captain Thorndike
Joan Bennett ... Jerry
George Sanders ... Quive-Smith
John Carradine ... Mr. Jones

Roddy McDowall ... Vaner
Ludwig Stössel ... Doctor (as Ludwig Stossel)
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)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
105 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English | German
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)
Certification:
Australia:PG | Canada:G (video rating) | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15

Fun Stuff

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:
Version of Rogue Male (1976) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
God Save the King! more

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11 out of 16 people found the following comment useful:-
Great film, 2 July 2005
10/10
Author: lars95028-1 from United States

This film is far superior to most of the tripe that is currently being shown in the theaters. I am amazed that it has not been released on DVD or VHS. I am equally amazed that TCM or one of the similar channels has not shown it in quite a while.

It is a tight thriller that holds its audience even so many years after WWII. The interaction amongst the characters is quite good and the fast pace of the action makes the film a nail biter. In the film the general public is quite oblivious to the danger around them and one person is pitted against a real enemy. While this may appeal to the conspiracy theory audience the reality of the fifth column in pre-war UK lifts the film beyond the recent and current film using those themes.

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