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The Man Who Reclaimed His Head

  • 19341934
  • ApprovedApproved
  • 1h 20m
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6.9/10
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Claude Rains in The Man Who Reclaimed His Head (1934)
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A brilliant but impoverished writer, who is a pacifist, goes to work for a publisher and writes anti-war editorials. When he discovers that the publisher has betrayed him and is in league wi... Read allA brilliant but impoverished writer, who is a pacifist, goes to work for a publisher and writes anti-war editorials. When he discovers that the publisher has betrayed him and is in league with munitions manufacturers to make money off of war, he goes insane.A brilliant but impoverished writer, who is a pacifist, goes to work for a publisher and writes anti-war editorials. When he discovers that the publisher has betrayed him and is in league with munitions manufacturers to make money off of war, he goes insane.
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182
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    • Edward Ludwig
  • Writers
    • Jean Bart(play)
    • Finley Peter Dunne(contributor to treatment)
    • Erwin Gelsey(contributor to treatment)
  • Stars
    • Claude Rains
    • Joan Bennett
    • Lionel Atwill
    • Edward Ludwig
  • Writers
    • Jean Bart(play)
    • Finley Peter Dunne(contributor to treatment)
    • Erwin Gelsey(contributor to treatment)
  • Stars
    • Claude Rains
    • Joan Bennett
    • Lionel Atwill
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    • 8User reviews
    • 9Critic reviews
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    Joan Bennett, Claude Rains, and Lionel Atwill in The Man Who Reclaimed His Head (1934)
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    Joan Bennett and Claude Rains in The Man Who Reclaimed His Head (1934)
    Joan Bennett and Claude Rains in The Man Who Reclaimed His Head (1934)
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    Claude Rains
    Claude Rains
    • Paul Verin
    Joan Bennett
    Joan Bennett
    • Adele Verin
    Lionel Atwill
    Lionel Atwill
    • Henry Dumont
    Juanita Quigley
    Juanita Quigley
    • Linette Verin
    • (as Baby Jane)
    Henry O'Neill
    Henry O'Neill
    • Fernand de Marnay
    Henry Armetta
    Henry Armetta
    • Laurent
    Wallace Ford
    Wallace Ford
    • 'Curly'
    Lawrence Grant
    Lawrence Grant
    • Marchant
    William B. Davidson
    William B. Davidson
    • Charles
    • (as William Davidson)
    Judith Wood
    Judith Wood
    • Margot
    • (scenes deleted)
    Norman Ainsley
    • Steward
    • (uncredited)
    Bessie Barriscale
    Bessie Barriscale
    • Louise, the Maid
    • (uncredited)
    Ted Billings
    • Newsboy
    • (uncredited)
    Phyllis Brooks
    Phyllis Brooks
    • Secretary
    • (uncredited)
    Rudolph Cameron
    • Maitre D'Hotel
    • (uncredited)
    Russ Clark
    Russ Clark
    • French Truck Driver
    • (uncredited)
    Carol Coombe
    • Clerk
    • (uncredited)
    Harry Cording
    Harry Cording
    • French Mechanic
    • (uncredited)
      • Edward Ludwig
    • Writers
      • Jean Bart(play) (screenplay)
      • Finley Peter Dunne(contributor to treatment) (uncredited)
      • Erwin Gelsey(contributor to treatment) (uncredited)
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      Final film of Bessie Barriscale.
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      Featured in Son of Svengoolie: The Man Who Reclaimed His Head (1982)

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    10/10
    a neglected political masterpiece
    This is an extraordinarily well filmed and written movie. And it'd have a hard time getting produced and distributed today. The Claude Raines character finds his Leftish anti-war writings used by war makers to promote World War I. His efforts to set things right are portrayed as ruthlessly blocked by elements the film portrays as both pushing the war in their own interests and essentially running the government: a ruling class consisting of the corporate elite in the form of munitions-manufacturing interests.

    This is quite a political film, dark, tense and tragic. A neglected masterpiece.
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    • Jul 31, 2004

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    • Release date
      • December 24, 1934 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA
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      • Universal Pictures
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    • 1 hour 20 minutes
      • Black and White

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