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The shot heard 'round the world! - Hangmen Also Die!
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Title: Hangmen Also Die!

Release Date: 15 Apr 1943

Runtime: 2h 14m

Genre: Drama, Thriller, War

Director: United Artists, Arnold Pressburger Films

Production Companies: United Artists, Arnold Pressburger Films

Overview: 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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Average Vote: 6.952 (124 votes)

Cast

  • Dr. Franticek Svoboda: Brian Donlevy
  • Prof. Stephen Novotny: Walter Brennan
  • Masha Novotny: Anna Lee
  • Emil Czaka: Gene Lockhart
  • Jan Horak: Dennis O'Keefe
  • Ludmilla Novotny: Margaret Wycherly
  • Mrs. Hellie Novotny: Nana Bryant
  • Boda Novotny: William Roy
  • Reinhard Heydrich: Hans Heinrich von Twardowski
  • Gestapo Insp. Alois Gruber: Alexander Granach
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