Movie·1943·2h 14m
Hangmen Also Die!
The shot heard 'round the world!
Country
United States of America
Language
English
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// overview
The Story
During the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia, surgeon Dr. Franticek Svoboda, a Czech patriot, assassinates the brutal "Hangman of Europe", Reichsprotektor Reinhard Heydrich, and is wounded in the process. In his attempt to escape, he is helped by history professor Stephen Novotny and his daughter Mascha.
Written By
John Wexley
Producer
Fritz Lang, Arnold Pressburger
Cinematography
James Wong Howe
Editor
Gene Fowler Jr.
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
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// cast
Cast
Brian Donlevy
Dr. Franticek Svoboda
Walter Brennan
Prof. Stephen Novotny
Anna Lee
Masha Novotny
Gene Lockhart
Emil Czaka
Dennis O'Keefe
Jan Horak
Margaret Wycherly
Ludmilla Novotny
Nana Bryant
Mrs. Hellie Novotny
William Roy
Boda Novotny
Hans Heinrich von Twardowski
Reinhard Heydrich
Alexander Granach
Gestapo Insp. Alois Gruber
Tonio Selwart
Chief of Gestapo Kurt Haas
Jonathan Hale
Dedic
Lionel Stander
Banya
Sarah Padden
Mrs. Georgia Dvorak
Edmund MacDonald
Dr. Pillar
Byron Foulger
Bartos
Virginia Farmer
Mrs. Nimitz
Ludwig Donath
Schirmer
// crew
Crew
Fritz Lang
Director, Producer
John Wexley
Screenplay
Arnold Pressburger
Producer
James Wong Howe
Director of Photography
Gene Fowler Jr.
Editor
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