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Hangmen Also Die!

The shot heard 'round the world!

  • Movie
  • 1943
  • NR
  • 2h 14m

Directed by Fritz Lang

6.9

TMDB audience rating
6.9 out of 10 from 146 votes

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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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Cast and crew

  • Brian Donlevy

    Brian DonlevyDr. Franticek Svoboda

  • Walter Brennan

    Walter BrennanProf. Stephen Novotny

  • Anna Lee

    Anna LeeMasha Novotny

  • Gene Lockhart

    Gene LockhartEmil Czaka

  • Dennis O'Keefe

    Dennis O'KeefeJan Horak

  • Margaret Wycherly

    Margaret WycherlyLudmilla Novotny

  • Nana Bryant

    Nana BryantMrs. Hellie Novotny

  • William Roy

    William RoyBoda Novotny

  • Hans Heinrich von Twardowski

    Hans Heinrich von TwardowskiReinhard Heydrich

  • Alexander Granach

    Alexander GranachGestapo Insp. Alois Gruber

  • Tonio Selwart

    Tonio SelwartChief of Gestapo Kurt Haas

  • Jonathan Hale

    Jonathan HaleDedic

  • Lionel Stander

    Lionel StanderBanya

  • Sarah Padden

    Sarah PaddenMrs. Georgia Dvorak

  • Edmund MacDonald

    Edmund MacDonaldDr. Pillar

  • Byron Foulger

    Byron FoulgerBartos

  • Virginia Farmer

    Virginia FarmerMrs. Nimitz

  • Ludwig Donath

    Ludwig DonathSchirmer

Director
Fritz Lang
Writer
John Wexley
Music
Arnold Pressburger and Hanns Eisler
Cinematography
James Wong Howe