Directed by:
Fritz LangCinematography:
James Wong HoweComposer:
Hanns EislerCast:
Brian Donlevy, Walter Brennan, Anna Lee, Hans Heinrich von Twardowski, Nana Bryant, Margaret Wycherly, Dennis O'Keefe, Gene Lockhart, Alexander Granach (more)Plots(1)
Beautifully shot by James Wong Howe and tightly scripted by Brecht and Lang, this Noir-like espionage thriller is set in occupied Czechoslovakia and revolves around the successful plot by the Czech resistance to assassinate Deputy Reich-Protector of Bohemia and Moravia "Hangman" Reinhard Heydrich, and the hunt by the Gestapo to track down the killers. (Cohen Media Group)
(more)Cast
Brian Donlevy
Ireland
Best movies:
Beau Geste (1939)
Destry Rides Again (1939)
Union Pacific (1939)
Walter Brennan
USA
Best movies:
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938)
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Anna Lee
UK
Best movies:
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Hans Heinrich von Twardowski
German Empire
Best movies:
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
Casablanca (1942)
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Nana Bryant
USA
Best movies:
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938)
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Margaret Wycherly
UK
Best movies:
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Dennis O'Keefe
USA
Best movies:
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I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
Fury (1936)
Gene Lockhart
Canada
Best movies:
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Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
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Alexander Granach
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
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Jonathan Hale
Canada
Best movies:
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Lionel Stander
USA
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Sarah Padden
UK
Best movies:
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Edmund MacDonald
USA
Best movies:
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Byron Foulger
USA
Best movies:
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Arthur Loft
USA
Best movies:
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Reinhold Schünzel
German Empire
Best movies:
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Frank Reicher
German Empire
Best movies:
Song of Love (1947)
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Fred Kohler Jr.
Best movies:
The Ten Commandments (1956)
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Samson and Delilah (1949)
Dwight Frye
USA
Best movies:
The Invisible Man (1933)
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
The Man in the Iron Mask (1939)
Richard Alexander
USA
Best movies:
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