A good thriller in the Hollywood mould, courtesy of Fritz Lang. The story is an adaptation of the Geoffrey Household novel ROGUE MALE with the assassinating Hitler storyline made much more explicit. It was novel for me to see Walter Pidgeon as the lead, given I'm used to him in roles like the one in FORBIDDEN PLANET, while George Sanders plays against type as a Nazi villain and Joan Bennett (who I know best from her much later role in DARK SHADOWS) has a Cockney accent, which is a real surprise. John Carradine shows up too in a highly entertaining supporting role. The film follows the same kind of chase/wronged man plot as a Hitchcock movie - SABOTEUR sprung instantly to mind - and has plenty of suspense and action to recommend it.
Review of Man Hunt
