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Man Hunt

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

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.

Release Date : 1941-06-13

Language :EnglishGerman

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : 20th Century Fox

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Captain Alan Thorndike

Original Name : Walter Pidgeon

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jerry Stokes

Original Name : Joan Bennett

Gender : Female

Character Name : Major Quive-Smith

Original Name : George Sanders

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mr. Jones

Original Name : John Carradine

Gender : Male

Character Name : Vaner

Original Name : Roddy McDowall

Gender : Male

Character Name : Doctor

Original Name : Ludwig Stössel

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lady Alice Risborough

Original Name : Heather Thatcher

Gender : Female

Character Name : Lord Gerald Risborough

Original Name : Frederick Worlock

Gender : Male

Character Name : Captain Jensen

Original Name : Roger Imhof

Gender : Male

Character Name : Saul Farnsworthy

Original Name : Holmes Herbert

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jeweler

Original Name : Egon Brecher

Gender : Male

Character Name : Postmistress

Original Name : Eily Malyon

Gender : Female

Character Name : Reeves (uncredited)

Original Name : Herbert Evans

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Charles Bennett

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Frank Benson

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Ted Billings

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Walter Bonn

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Sven Hugo Borg

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cab Driver (uncredited)

Original Name : Cyril Delevanti

Gender : Male

Character Name : Adolf Hitler

Original Name : Carl Ekberg

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Richard Fraser

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Arno Frey

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Douglas Gerrard

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : William Haade

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Keith Hitchcock

Gender : Male

Character Name : Piel - Saul's Law Clerk (uncredited)

Original Name : Olaf Hytten

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Hans Joby

Gender : Male

Character Name : German Attaché (uncredited)

Original Name : Kurt Kreuger

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Bruce Lester

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Adolf E. Licho

Gender : Male

Character Name : Major (uncredited)

Original Name : Lester Matthews

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Virginia McDowall

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Adolph Milar

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Carl Ottmar

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Lucien Prival

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Otto Reichow

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : John Rogers

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Clifford Severn

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Robert R. Stephenson

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Frederick Vogeding

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Wilhelm von Brincken

Gender : Male

Character Name : Costermonger (uncredited)

Original Name : Bobby Hale

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-09-03

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 hunting accident, but the wily man escapes and makes it back to Britain where he finds the arm of his nemesis is still outstretched behind him. Dodging his pursuers, he finds shelter in the flat of the young "Jerry" (Joan Bennett) and soon the pair of them are struggling to remain one step ahead of the chasing Gestapo. Eventually, his brother suggests that leaving the UK might be his best solution and so he devises a cunning plan to lay low that involves living in a cave, but unbeknown to him his enemy has managed to apprehend his young friend and so manages to find and blockade him inside his own hidey-hole, demanding the signed concession as the price of freedom... This is a superior wartime thriller that benefits from a rather different style of story, two strong performances from Pidgeon and Sanders and some good, solid writing. It offers us a slightly more sophisticated look at just how pre WWII espionage might have functioned - the object of the document being to embarrass the British into inaction when the Nazi invasion of Poland began. The story moves along quite quickly, Bennett adds a feisty charm to her rather brief appearances, and there is plenty of action - even an electrocution on the tube - to keep it moving along niftily. Well worth a watch if you like the genre - made at the start of the second world war, it still reflects a sense of honour amongst the enemies that was soon to die out!