Hangmen Also Die! (1943)

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Hangmen Also Die is set in Czechoslovakia during the Nazi occupation. Czech loyalist Brian Donlevy assassinates the vicious Gestapo leader Heydrich, then goes into hiding. The wounded patriot is sheltered by history professor Walter Brennan, who is already under surveillance by the Nazis thanks to his veiled classroom attacks on the Third Reich. Fifth columnist Gene Lockhart arranges for the professor and 400 other Prague citizens to be rounded up as hostages, to be killed if Heydrich's assassin is not revealed. Ultimately Lockhart himself is framed by the citizenry, giving the actor full scope to cringe and cower as only he could. Persuasively directed by Fritz Lang, Hangmen Also Die was based on a story by Lang and expatriate German playwright Bertold Brecht. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Starring:: Brian Donlevy, Walter Brennan, (more)

Director(s):: Fritz Lang

Format(s):: DVD
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Synopsis of Hangmen Also Die!

Theatrical Feature Running Time:: 134 mins

Complete Cast of Hangmen Also Die!

Brian Donlevy - Dr. Franz Svoboda
Anna Lee - Mascha Novotny
Dennis O'Keefe - Jan Horek
Margaret Wycherly - Aunt Ludmilla Novotny
Billy Roy - Beda Novotny
Jonathan Hale - Dedic
Byron Foulger - Bartos
Ludwig Donath - Schirmer
Edmund MacDonald - Dr. Pilar
James Bush - Peacock
Lester Sharpe - Rudy, a Hostage
William Farnum - Viktorin
Reinhold Schünzel - Inspector Ritter
Hans Heinrich Von Twardowski - Reinhard Heydrich
Erville Alderson - Liberal Official
Otto Reichow - Gestapo

Walter Brennan - Prof. Stephan Novotny
Gene Lockhart - Emil Cruka
Alexander Granach - Alois Gruber
Nana Bryant - Mrs. Novotny
Tonio Selwart - Haas, Gestapo Chief
Lionel Stander - Taxi Driver
Virginia Farmer - Landlady
Sarah Padden - Mrs. Dvorak
George Irving - Neeval
Arno Frey - Camp Lieutenant
Arthur Loft - Gen. Votruba Bertruba
Ralph Dunn - Policeman
Philip Van Zandt - Officer
William Benedict - Hostage
Eddy Waller - Cab Driver
William Haade - Patriot

Director(s):: Fritz Lang

Writer(s):: John Wexley

Producer(s):: Fritz Lang, Arnold Pressburger

Categories:: War

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While a bit on the melodramatic side, Hangmen Also Die is still great fun with danger lurking on every side as the nasty Gestapo close in on the killer of Reinhard Heydrich. The moody black and white photography is suitably atmospheric. The Czechoslovakians resist heroically their brutal occupiers with every weapon available to a powerless people under the heel of a powerful military occupier.

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