The Man Who Dared (1946 film)

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The Man Who Dared
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Directed by John Sturges
Written by Edward Bock
Malcolm Stuart Boylan
Alex Gottlieb
Maxwell Shane
Produced by Leonard S. Picker
Starring George Macready
Forrest Tucker
Cinematography Philip Tannura
Edited by Charles Nelson
Production
company
Columbia Pictures
Distributed by Columbia Pictures
Release date
  • May 30, 1946 (1946-05-30)
Running time
66 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budgetless than $100,000 [1]

The Man Who Dared is a 1946 American film noir crime film directed by John Sturges, which serves as the first film he directed.

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Plot

It tells the story of a reporter who concocts a false case so as to get himself convicted for first degree murder. He does this to prove that a death sentence could be erroneously issued based on circumstantial and flawed evidence and that the death penalty should be abolished.

Cast

Movies with similar themes

References

  1. ↑ Glenn Lovell, Escape Artist: The Life and Films of John Sturges, University of Wisconsin Press, 2008 p38
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