Hangmen Also Die! (1943)
- Starring:
- Brian Donlevy, Walter Brennan, (more)
- Director(s):
- Fritz Lang
- Category:
- War
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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, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 134 mins
Complete Cast:
- 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
- Eddy Waller - Cab Driver
- Hans Heinrich Von Twardowski - Reinhard Heydrich
- Otto Reichow - Gestapo
- Philip Van Zandt - Officer
- 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
- William Benedict - Hostage
- Reinhold Schünzel - Inspector Ritter
- Erville Alderson - Liberal Official
- William Haade - Patriot
- Director(s):
- Fritz Lang
- Writer(s):
- John Wexley
- Producer(s):
- Fritz Lang, Arnold Pressburger
- Categories:
- War
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