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Hangmen Also Die!
Hangmen Also Die!

Hangmen Also Die!

The shot heard 'round the world!

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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.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

134 mins

Rating

6.936/10

Release Date

15 April 1943

Country

United States of America

Cast

Brian Donlevy

Brian Donlevy

Dr. Franticek Svoboda

Walter Brennan

Walter Brennan

Prof. Stephen Novotny

Anna Lee

Anna Lee

Masha Novotny

Gene Lockhart

Gene Lockhart

Emil Czaka

Dennis O'Keefe

Dennis O'Keefe

Jan Horak

Margaret Wycherly

Margaret Wycherly

Ludmilla Novotny

Nana Bryant

Nana Bryant

Mrs. Hellie Novotny

William Roy

William Roy

Boda Novotny

Hans Heinrich von Twardowski

Hans Heinrich von Twardowski

Reinhard Heydrich

Alexander Granach

Alexander Granach

Gestapo Insp. Alois Gruber

Tonio Selwart

Tonio Selwart

Chief of Gestapo Kurt Haas

Jonathan Hale

Jonathan Hale

Dedic

Lionel Stander

Lionel Stander

Banya

Sarah Padden

Sarah Padden

Mrs. Georgia Dvorak

Edmund MacDonald

Edmund MacDonald

Dr. Pillar

Byron Foulger

Byron Foulger

Bartos

Virginia Farmer

Virginia Farmer

Mrs. Nimitz

Ludwig Donath

Ludwig Donath

Schirmer

George Irving

George Irving

Neeval

James Bush

James Bush

Peacock

Arno Frey

Arno Frey

Camp Lieutenant Itnut

Lester Sharpe

Lester Sharpe

Rudy

Arthur Loft

Arthur Loft

Gen. Votruba

Reinhold Schünzel

Reinhold Schünzel

Gestapo Insp. Ritter

Chester Conklin

Chester Conklin

Cook (uncredited)

Claire McDowell

Claire McDowell

Counterwoman (uncredited)

John Abbott

John Abbott

Hostage (scenes deleted)

Louis Adlon

Louis Adlon

Adjutant (uncredited)

Erville Alderson

Erville Alderson

Liberal Official (uncredited)

Richard Alexander

Richard Alexander

Slugger in Theater (uncredited)

Dwight Frye

Dwight Frye

Hostage

Ralph Dunn

Ralph Dunn

Czech Policeman (uncredited)

Bud Jamison

Bud Jamison

Fat Man (uncredited)

Philip Van Zandt

Philip Van Zandt

Officer (uncredited)

Sam Harris

Sam Harris

Man at Briefing (uncredited)

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