{"id":46545,"date":"2020-03-14T18:36:06","date_gmt":"2020-03-15T01:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=46545"},"modified":"2020-11-23T19:24:42","modified_gmt":"2020-11-24T02:24:42","slug":"man-hunt-1941","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=46545","title":{"rendered":"Man Hunt (1941)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Men of your character have accidents.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Man-Hunt-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Man-Hunt-Poster-201x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-46549\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Man-Hunt-Poster-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Man-Hunt-Poster-86x128.jpg 86w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Man-Hunt-Poster.jpg 670w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nWhen a Gestapo leader (George Sanders) captures an aristocratic hunter (Walter Pidgeon) training his sights on Hitler, Pidgeon is relentlessly pursued by both Sanders and a Reich agent (John Carradine) out of Germany and into England, where he befriends a Cockney seamstress (Joan Bennett) who falls in love with him.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cat-and-Mouse<\/li>\n<li>Cross-Class Romance<\/li>\n<li>Fritz Lang Films<\/li>\n<li>Fugitives<\/li>\n<li>George Sanders Films<\/li>\n<li>Hunting<\/li>\n<li>Joan Bennett Films<\/li>\n<li>John Carradine Films<\/li>\n<li>Nazis<\/li>\n<li>Roddy McDowall Films<\/li>\n<li>Walter Pidgeon Films<\/li>\n<li>World War II<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Man Hunt<\/em> was the first of a quartet of ant-Nazi films Fritz Lang made after he emigrated to the United States, followed by <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=46462\"><em>Hangmen Also Die!<\/em> (1943)<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=37200\"><em>Ministry of Fear<\/em> (1944)<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=21563\"><em>Cloak and Dagger<\/em> (1946)<\/a>. It opens with a decidedly provocative and startling scene, as sportsman Pidgeon points his rifle directly at Hitler:  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Man-Hunt-Rifle.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Man-Hunt-Rifle.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1637\" height=\"1013\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-54249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Man-Hunt-Rifle.png 1637w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Man-Hunt-Rifle-300x186.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Man-Hunt-Rifle-1024x634.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Man-Hunt-Rifle-128x79.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Man-Hunt-Rifle-768x475.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Man-Hunt-Rifle-1536x950.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Man-Hunt-Rifle-436x270.png 436w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1637px) 100vw, 1637px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Man-Hunt-Hitler.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Man-Hunt-Hitler.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1719\" height=\"951\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-48057\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Man-Hunt-Hitler.png 1719w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Man-Hunt-Hitler-300x166.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Man-Hunt-Hitler-1024x567.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Man-Hunt-Hitler-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Man-Hunt-Hitler-768x425.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Man-Hunt-Hitler-1536x850.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1719px) 100vw, 1719px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>before being captured and sent on the run back to his home country. <em>Man Hunt<\/em> remains a reasonably exciting and atmospherically filmed (by Arthur Miller) action-thriller, with a screenplay hampered by Pidgeon&#8217;s romance with Bennett (I guess I&#8217;m <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=42903\">really not a fan of besotted Cockney lasses<\/a>). <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Man-Hunt-Bennett.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Man-Hunt-Bennett.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1637\" height=\"1019\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-54247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Man-Hunt-Bennett.png 1637w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Man-Hunt-Bennett-300x187.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Man-Hunt-Bennett-1024x637.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Man-Hunt-Bennett-128x80.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Man-Hunt-Bennett-768x478.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Man-Hunt-Bennett-1536x956.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Man-Hunt-Bennett-434x270.png 434w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1637px) 100vw, 1637px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, it&#8217;s worth a look, especially as &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Man_Hunt_(1941_film)\">the first war film to attract the attention of the then-neutral America&#8217;s Hays Office&#8221;<\/a> (Joseph Breen was &#8220;alarmed by the script&#8221; and referred to it as a &#8220;hate film&#8221;).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Walter Pidgeon as Alan Thorndike<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Manhunt-Pidgeon.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Manhunt-Pidgeon.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1501\" height=\"981\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-46547\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Manhunt-Pidgeon.png 1501w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Manhunt-Pidgeon-300x196.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Manhunt-Pidgeon-1024x669.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Manhunt-Pidgeon-128x84.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Manhunt-Pidgeon-768x502.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1501px) 100vw, 1501px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Arthur Miller&#8217;s cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Man-Hunt-Cinematoraphy.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Man-Hunt-Cinematoraphy.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1489\" height=\"969\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-46548\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Man-Hunt-Cinematoraphy.png 1489w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Man-Hunt-Cinematoraphy-300x195.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Man-Hunt-Cinematoraphy-1024x666.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Man-Hunt-Cinematoraphy-128x83.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Man-Hunt-Cinematoraphy-768x500.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1489px) 100vw, 1489px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>A clever, unexpected ending <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, once, for its historical relevance. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?page_id=1784#historical\">Historically Relevant<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0033873\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1941\/06\/14\/archives\/man-hunt-another-exciting-melodrama-about-an-englishman-versus-nazi.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.qnetwork.com\/review\/2218\">Q Network Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s4574hunt.html\">DVD Savant Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvguide.com\/movies\/man-hunt\/review\/105483\/\">TV Guide Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/82622\/man-hunt#articles-reviews?articleId=333863\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Men of your character have accidents.&#8221; Synopsis: When a Gestapo leader (George Sanders) captures an aristocratic hunter (Walter Pidgeon) training his sights on Hitler, Pidgeon is relentlessly pursued by both Sanders and a Reich agent (John Carradine) out of Germany and into England, where he befriends a Cockney seamstress (Joan Bennett) who falls in love with him. Genres: Cat-and-Mouse Cross-Class Romance Fritz Lang Films Fugitives George Sanders Films Hunting Joan Bennett Films John Carradine Films Nazis Roddy McDowall Films Walter&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=46545\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46545"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46545\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54251,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46545\/revisions\/54251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}