Man Hunt( 1941)

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One of the Most Gripping Scenes Ever Filmed...as two world-famous hunters stalk each Other!

Overview

Shortly before the start of WW2, renown British big-game 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 Nazi agents and aided by a young woman. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation in 2000.

Top Billed Cast

Walter Pidgeon
Captain Alan Thorndike
Joan Bennett
Jerry Stokes
George Sanders
Major Quive-Smith
John Carradine
Mr. Jones
Roddy McDowall
Vaner
Ludwig Stössel
Doctor
Heather Thatcher
Lady Alice Risborough
Frederick Worlock
Lord Gerald Risborough
Roger Imhof
Captain Jensen
Holmes Herbert
Saul Farnsworthy
Egon Brecher
Jeweler
Eily Malyon
Postmistress
Herbert Evans
Reeves (uncredited)
Charles Bennett
Frank Benson
Ted Billings
Walter Bonn
Sven Hugo Borg
Cyril Delevanti
Cab Driver (uncredited)
Carl Ekberg
Adolf Hitler
Richard Fraser
Arno Frey
Douglas Gerrard
William Haade
Keith Hitchcock
Olaf Hytten
Piel - Saul's Law Clerk (uncredited)
Hans Joby
Kurt Kreuger
German Attaché (uncredited)
Bruce Lester
Adolf E. Licho
Lester Matthews
Major (uncredited)
Virginia McDowall
Adolph Milar
Carl Ottmar
Lucien Prival
Otto Reichow
John Rogers
Clifford Severn
Robert R. Stephenson
Frederick Vogeding
Wilhelm von Brincken
Bobby Hale
Costermonger (uncredited)

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on Sat Sep 03 2022

Walter Pidgeon is intrepid British hunter "Thorndike" who is travelling through Bavaria when he, all of a sudden, discovers that at the end of the sights of his rifle is none other than Adolf Hitler! Shortly afterwards, he is apprehended by the Nazis and tortured by "Quive-Smith" (George Sanders) in the hope that he will sign a false confession stating that he was sent by the British government to assassinate their leader. Fortunately for "Thorndike" though, his brother is the British Ambassador so he is not so easy to dispose of. "Quive-Smith" conceives a plan to make his demise look like a hu...