The Man Who Dared (1946 film)
The Man Who Dared is a 1946 American film noir crime film directed by John Sturges, which serves as the first film he directed.
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
- Leslie Brooks as Lorna Claibourne
- George Macready as Donald Wayne
- Forrest Tucker as Larry James
- Charles D. Brown as Dist. Atty. Darrell Tyson
- Warren Mills as Felix
- Richard Hale as Reginald Fogg
- Charles Evans as Judge
- Trevor Bardette as Police Sgt. Arthur Landis
- William Newell as Police Sgt. Clay
Movies with similar themes
- Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956)
- Bidugade (1973)
- Abhilasha (1983)
- The Life of David Gale (2003)
References
- ^ Glenn Lovell, Escape Artist: The Life and Films of John Sturges, University of Wisconsin Press, 2008 p38
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