The Man Who Dared (1946 film)

1946 film by John Sturges

The Man Who Dared

Directed by	John Sturges
Written by	Edward Bock Malcolm Stuart Boylan Alex Gottlieb Maxwell Shane
Produced by	Leonard S. Picker
Starring	George Macready Forrest Tucker
Cinematography	Philip Tannura
Edited by	Charles Nelson
Production company	Columbia Pictures
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	May 30, 1946 (1946-05-30)
Running time	66 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	less than $100,000

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

References

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

External links

The Man Who Dared at IMDb
The Man Who Dared at AllMovie

v t e Films directed by John Sturges
The Man Who Dared (1946) Shadowed (1946) Alias Mr. Twilight (1946) For the Love of Rusty (1947) Keeper of the Bees (1947) Thunderbolt (1947) The Sign of the Ram (1948) Best Man Wins (1948) The Walking Hills (1949) The Capture (1950) Mystery Street (1950) Right Cross (1950) The Magnificent Yankee (1950) Kind Lady (1951) The People Against O'Hara (1951) It's a Big Country (1951) The Girl in White (1952) Jeopardy (1953) Fast Company (1953) Escape from Fort Bravo (1953) Bad Day at Black Rock (1955) Underwater! (1955) The Scarlet Coat (1955) Backlash (1956) Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957) The Law and Jake Wade (1958) The Old Man and the Sea (1958) Last Train from Gun Hill (1959) Never So Few (1959) The Magnificent Seven (1960) By Love Possessed (1961) Sergeants 3 (1962) A Girl Named Tamiko (1962) The Great Escape (1963) The Satan Bug (1965) The Hallelujah Trail (1965) Hour of the Gun (1967) Ice Station Zebra (1968) Marooned (1969) Joe Kidd (1972) Chino (1973) McQ (1974) The Eagle Has Landed (1976)

Films directed by John Sturges

The Man Who Dared (1946)
Shadowed (1946)
Alias Mr. Twilight (1946)
For the Love of Rusty (1947)
Keeper of the Bees (1947)
Thunderbolt (1947)
The Sign of the Ram (1948)
Best Man Wins (1948)
The Walking Hills (1949)
The Capture (1950)
Mystery Street (1950)
Right Cross (1950)
The Magnificent Yankee (1950)
Kind Lady (1951)
The People Against O'Hara (1951)
It's a Big Country (1951)
The Girl in White (1952)
Jeopardy (1953)
Fast Company (1953)
Escape from Fort Bravo (1953)
Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)
Underwater! (1955)
The Scarlet Coat (1955)
Backlash (1956)
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957)
The Law and Jake Wade (1958)
The Old Man and the Sea (1958)
Last Train from Gun Hill (1959)
Never So Few (1959)
The Magnificent Seven (1960)
By Love Possessed (1961)
Sergeants 3 (1962)
A Girl Named Tamiko (1962)
The Great Escape (1963)
The Satan Bug (1965)
The Hallelujah Trail (1965)
Hour of the Gun (1967)
Ice Station Zebra (1968)
Marooned (1969)
Joe Kidd (1972)
Chino (1973)
McQ (1974)
The Eagle Has Landed (1976)

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