British hunter Thorndike vacationing in Bavaria has Hitler in his gun sight. He is captured, beaten, left for dead, and escapes back to London where he is hounded by German agents and aided by a young woman.
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| Complete credited cast: | |||
| 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 | |
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British hunter Thorndike vacationing in Bavaria has Hitler in his gun sight. He is captured, beaten, left for dead, and escapes back to London where he is hounded by German agents and aided by a young woman.
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Announcer: And from now on, somewhere in Germany is a man with a precision rifle and the high degree of intelligence and training that is required to use it. It may be days, months or even years, but this time he clearly knows his purpose and, unflinching, faces his destiny.
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[Attributed to Thomas Augustine Arne and Henry Carey]
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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 the name is borrowed from a very famous gunsmith called Holland and Holland of Bruton Street, which is situated nearby. See more »Goofs
London tube trains have a unique 4-rail electrification scheme - a third rail in the usual outside position at 420 volts and an unusual center rail at -210 volts. The movie's tunnel set has only the center rail. See more »Quotes
[last lines]Announcer: And from now on, somewhere in Germany is a man with a precision rifle and the high degree of intelligence and training that is required to use it. It may be days, months or even years, but this time he clearly knows his purpose and, unflinching, faces his destiny.
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Featured in The Biggest Game: Jan-Christopher Horak on Fritz Lang's 'Man Hunt' and Hollywood's Anti-Nazi Films (2017) See more »Soundtracks
God Save the King!(uncredited)
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[Attributed to Thomas Augustine Arne and Henry Carey]
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20 June 1941 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Rogue Male See more »Filming Locations:
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Compact well directed drama of the dawning realization of the Nazi threat in Europe. A noir before that was a popular genre. Walter Pidgeon handles his role well, his suave dignity enabling him to move from the lighter tone at the start of the film to the serious one later on. Joan Bennett is a breezy delight as a practitioner of the world's oldest profession although the Hayes office ludicrously insisted she have a sewing machine in the corner of her room to make it appear she's a seamstress. She did some of her best work in Lang films, he was a tough director but she was herself a straight shooter who had no problem giving as good as she got enabling them to work well together through four films.