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The Man Who Dared (1946 film)

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The Man Who Dared
Directed byJohn Sturges
Written byEdward Bock
Malcolm Stuart Boylan
Alex Gottlieb
Maxwell Shane
Produced byLeonard S. Picker
StarringGeorge Macready
Forrest Tucker
CinematographyPhilip Tannura
Edited byCharles Nelson
Production
company
Columbia Pictures
Distributed byColumbia 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.

Plot

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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

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Movies with similar themes

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References

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