Man Hunt

Man Hunt (1941) starring Walter Pidgeon, Joan Bennett, George Sanders, John Carradine. Directed by Fritz Lang. In 1939, before World War II had broken out, a British man named Thorndike (Pidgeon) carries out a "fake" assassination attempt on Hitler, only to be apprehended by the Nazis. He manages to escape and stow away on a ship bound for England, but once back home he finds himself pursued relentlessly by German agents. Although the movie strains the bounds of believability, it is still an entertaining propaganda film, made in America but set in Britain. Bennett provides a strong female love interest, playing a lower-class girl named Jerry who helps Thorndike out, then falls for him. (Subtitles in English are available for the hearing-impaired, as well as closed captions.) Grade: B