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The Man Who Dared is a 1946 American film noir crime film directed by John Sturges, which serves as the first film he directed.

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[1]

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

External links

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

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