A Man Betrayed (1941 film)

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A Man Betrayed
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Directed by John H. Auer
Written byJack Moffitt
Screenplay by Isabel Dawn
Story byTom Kilpatrick
Produced byArmand Schaefer
Starring John Wayne
Frances Dee
CinematographyJack A. Marta
Edited by Charles Craft
Music byMort Glickman
Paul Sawtell
Production
company
Republic Pictures
Distributed by Republic Pictures
Release date
  • March 7, 1941 (1941-03-07)
Running time
82 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

A Man Betrayed (UK title Citadel of Crime, TV title Wheel of Fortune) is a 1941 American film directed by John H. Auer and starring John Wayne. [1]

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Plot

Lynn Hollister, a bucolic lawyer takes on big-city corruption. He sets out to prove that an above-suspicion politician Boss Thomas "Tom" Cameron is actually a crook. Hollister is in love with the politician's daughter, Sabra. [2]

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References

  1. Hal Erickson (2015). "A Man Betrayed". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . Archived from the original on May 19, 2015. Retrieved May 12, 2015.
  2. Hal Erickson. "A Man Betrayed (1941) - John H. Auer - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie". AllMovie. Retrieved January 12, 2016.