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interesting propaganda

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In my title, I use the word "propaganda"; however, it is not intended to be a negative description of the film or its content. Instead, what I am trying to convey, is that this film, like so many others, which were released during the Second World War, were intended to rally the allies in their fight against the onslaught of facism in Nazi Germany.

From a dramatic point of view, the film succeeds on every level. It is quickly paced and has a touch of the romantic thrown in without being overly maudlin or heavily sentimental. In short, this picture is highly recommended by me.

George Sanders is deliciously evil as a Gestapo agent in

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pre-war Germany. The atmospherics of this Fritz Lang thriller, made in Hollywood, is very Germanic. Walter Pidgeon, the star, on the other hand was rather bland. He's Alan Thorndike, reknown big game hunter, & British gentleman. He's in Germany to kill Hitler. He gets close enough & has Adolf in his crosshairs. He pulls the trigger &... nothing. The gun is empty & game is over. It's pre-war remember? As he is about to leave he is busted by the Gestapo & accused of being a British assassin. He is tortured, confesses nothing. He escapes & now he becomes the prey. With the help of cabin-boy Roddy McDowell, he makes his way back to England on a Danish freighter. Back in London he is befreinded by Jeri, gamely played by Joan Bennett. She's a Cockney "working girl". We know she's not a hooker because she is so nice & heroic, & the censors did not allow that type of behavior from prostitutes. The producers simply place a sewing machine in the background of her flat & presto, she's not. This movie does have a bit of a contrived ending. Then the war begins. The performance of George Sanders is enough to recommend this movie.

Rediscover Fritz Lang

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Recently I had seen 2 old classics, Man Hunt was one of them. The other was Seven Days to Noon by John Boulting.
Both were released the latter part of 2009.
I must say that Seven Days to Noon seemed dated and slow as a thriller but Man Hunt remained taut and masterfully
directed by Fritz Lang.
Fritz Lang, a true master of film noir.

Interesting

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Perhaps in the hands of Alfred Hitchcock, this film could have been a classic.

As such, it is interesting if you have nothing else to do.

Definitely buy used.

not able to play it

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The Manhunt Dvd that we recieved does not play on our player, so we were dissapionted in the Dvd as we were not able to watch it, so w have a Dvd that is useless to us.