Released 1941, man hunt stars walter pidgeon, joan bennett, george sanders, john carradine the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 40 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic, which. In 1941, when andy hardy reigned supreme on american theater screens, this was pretty coldblooded stuff. Read the full synopsis of man hunt, 1941, directed by fritz lang, with walter pidgeon, joan bennett, george sanders, at turner classic movies skip navigation tcm. Reflecting on his long tenure at the tiffany of movie studios from the 30s to the 50s. Walter pidgeons career hat trick was completed by his felicitous. High resolution official theatrical movie poster for man hunt 1941. Even the extra theme that the nazis are the bad guys sounded well worn, though the fact it was shot and released during that interesting two year period of wwii before the americans got involved is something of a hook. Like many a hitchcock film of the period, the hero of man hunt is not a. Man hunt is a 1941 american thriller film directed by fritz lang and starring walter pidgeon and joan bennett. Its an extraordinary film in many respects, and its even more extraordinary that it made it to theaters.
Its also fun to see a short appearance by the 12yearold roddy mcdowall so young, yet he. Man hunt 1941 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Alan thorndike in man hunt 1941, pidgeon played an upper class. Fritz langs 1941 man hunt is running at the gene siskel film center. Released in 1941, our lead sets his sights on none other than one adolf hitler. Overview of man hunt, 1941, directed by fritz lang, with walter pidgeon, joan bennett, george sanders, at turner classic movies. However, this film most certainly has a handful of the filmmakers.
Prewar jitters on langs man hunt jonathan rosenbaum. Breen felt the isolationist atmosphere of 1941 america, the film showed all germans as evil, unlike other films showing both good nonnazi germans as well as. Director fritz langs political thriller follows a british hunters attempts to outrun nazi agents after he targets adolf hi. Joan bennett and walter pidgeon in a scene from fritz langs man hunt. And few films do that quite like the opening handful of sequences of fritz langs forgotten masterpiece, the thriller man hunt. Starring walter pidgeon, joan bennett, george sanders, john carradine. A sparkling new 35millimeter print of fritz langs 1941 man hunt is running at the gene siskel film center all this week, and i can recommend it without reservation. Whats most interesting about man hunt is that its an antihitler film made as early as 1941. Man hunt 1941 fritz lang walter pidgeon joan bennett. Warners had jumped on the antinazi bandwagon over a year previously, and by 1941 more than a few films were in release that protested the chaos germany was causing on the continent. Man hunt was one of many movies released in 1941 that was considered so probritish that it influenced the american public when the u. Movie title from the film man hunt 1941, directed by fritz lang, starring walter pidgeon, joan bennett, george sanders, john carradine, roddy mcdowall. Man hunt was directed by fritz lang, the great german director who fled to.
In june 1941, twentieth century fox released man hunt, a fritz langdirected thriller starring canadianborn actor walter pidgeon. Man hunt 1941 offhand the title and idea to this movie sounds a bit routinea man singlehandedly avoiding authorities and pursuers. He tries not to put her in harms way while evading sinister nazi officials such as the wellspoken major quivesmith george sanders. Man hunt soundtrack 1941 movie soundtracks for sale. He had been evacuated from london following the blitz. Watch the first 10 minutes of the wallcrawlers latest film, the amazing spiderman 2, in advance of its bluray release. Chronicles cinema gadfly criterion channel surfing criterion closeup criterion completion. Man hunt 1941 renowned biggame hunter captain thorndike walter pidgeon is hunting in the bavarian forest when he stumbles upon adolf hitlers vacation residence.