Hangmen Also Die!

6.9

134 minutes

4/15/1943

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.

Cast List

Brian Donlevy
as Dr. Franticek Svoboda
Walter Brennan
as Prof. Stephen Novotny
Anna Lee
as Masha Novotny
Gene Lockhart
as Emil Czaka
Dennis O'Keefe
as Jan Horak
Margaret Wycherly
as Ludmilla Novotny
Nana Bryant
as Mrs. Hellie Novotny
William Roy
as Boda Novotny
Hans Heinrich von Twardowski
as Reinhard Heydrich
Alexander Granach
as Gestapo Insp. Alois Gruber
Tonio Selwart
as Chief of Gestapo Kurt Haas
Jonathan Hale
as Dedic
Lionel Stander
as Banya
Sarah Padden
as Mrs. Georgia Dvorak
Edmund MacDonald
as Dr. Pillar
Byron Foulger
as Bartos
Virginia Farmer
as Mrs. Nimitz
Ludwig Donath
as Schirmer
George Irving
as Neeval
James Bush
as Peacock
Arno Frey
as Camp Lieutenant Itnut
Lester Sharpe
as Rudy
Arthur Loft
as Gen. Votruba
Reinhold Schünzel
as Gestapo Insp. Ritter
Chester Conklin
as Cook (uncredited)
Claire McDowell
as Counterwoman (uncredited)
John Abbott
as Hostage (scenes deleted)
Louis Adlon
as Adjutant (uncredited)
Erville Alderson
as Liberal Official (uncredited)
Richard Alexander
as Slugger in Theater (uncredited)
Dwight Frye
as Hostage
Ralph Dunn
as Czech Policeman (uncredited)
Bud Jamison
as Fat Man (uncredited)
Philip Van Zandt
as Officer (uncredited)
Sam Harris
as Man at Briefing (uncredited)