Man Hunt (1941)

User Rating:

7.7/10   

Director:

Fritz Lang

Writers:

Geoffrey Household (novel)
Dudley Nichols (screenplay)

Release Date:

26 May 1945 (Sweden)

Genre:

Drama | Thriller

Plot:

British hunter Thorndike vacationing in Bavaria has Hitler in his gunsight. He is captured, beaten, left for dead...

Plot Keywords:

German Agent | Hitler | Cave | Germany | Stowaway

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
Egon Brecher	...	Jeweler
Lester Matthews	...	Major
Holmes Herbert	...	Farnsworthy
Eily Malyon	...	Postmistress
Arno Frey	...	Police Lieutenant
Frederick Vogeding	...	Ambassador (as Fredrik Vogeding)

Runtime:

105 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | German

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

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

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.

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?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Rogue Male: The Making of 'Man Hunt' (2009) (V)

Soundtrack:

She Was Poor but She Was Honest

Plot to kill Hitler

I am 54 years old and viewed this film in film history class back in 1975 on a 16 mm print. Man Hunt made a great impression on me and continues to have fond memories of Walter Pidgeon's performance and discovered other great actors for the first time. I had the opportunity to see it that one time, I think Fritz Lang put his heart and soul into this film. It is beyond me how this film has not yet become available on DVD. It has been over 30 years since then and I continue to look for it on the internet to purchase. It reminds me of the excitement that I just discovered in the movie The Big Clock, at least that's on DVD! I want that excitement again, Please give us Man Hunt on DVD!