The Man Who Dared (1933 film)
{{short description|1933 film by Hamilton MacFadden}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = The Man Who Dared
| image =File:The Man Who Dared (1933 film).jpg
| alt =
| caption =
| director = Hamilton MacFadden
| producer =
| screenplay = Dudley Nichols
Lamar Trotti
| starring = Preston Foster
Zita Johann
Joan Marsh
June Lang
Phillip Trent
| music =
| cinematography = Arthur C. Miller
| editing = Alfred DeGaetano
| studio = Fox Film Corporation
| distributor = Fox Film Corporation
| released = {{Film date|1933|6|30}}
| runtime = 72 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
}}
The Man Who Dared is a 1933 American pre-Code
drama film directed by Hamilton MacFadden and written by Dudley Nichols and Lamar Trotti. The film stars Preston Foster, Zita Johann, Joan Marsh, Phillip Trent, and June Lang. The film was released on June 30, 1933, by Fox Film Corporation.{{cite web|author=F.S.N. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9F0CE1D91539E033A2575AC0A96F9C946294D6CF |title=Movie Review - The Man Who Dared - Anton Cermak's Life. |work=NYTimes.com |date=1933-09-09 |accessdate=2015-10-14}}{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/512104/the-man-who-dared-an-imaginative-biography |title=The Man Who Dared: An Imaginative Biography (1933) - Overview |publisher=Turner Classic Movies |date= |access-date=2015-10-14}}{{cite web|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=1022 |title=The Man Who Dared |publisher=Afi.com |date= |accessdate=2015-10-14}} Jan Novak is based on Anton Cermak, the Chicago mayor killed in an assassination attempt on Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933.
Plot
Mayor Jan Novak crusades to clean up a big city and fight the underworld.
Cast
- Preston Foster as Jan Novak
- Zita Johann as Teena Pavelic Novak
- Joan Marsh as Joan Novak
- Irén Biller as Tereza Novak
- Phillip Trent as Dick
- June Lang as Barbara Novak
- Leon Ames as Yosef Novak
- Douglas Cosgrove as Dan Foley
- Douglass Dumbrille as Judge Collier
- Frank Sheridan as Sen. 'Honest John' McGuiness
- Leonid Snegoff as Posilipo
- Matt McHugh as Karel
- Jay Ward as young Jan Novak
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0024296|The Man Who Dared}}
{{Hamilton MacFadden}}
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Category:Films directed by Hamilton MacFadden
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:1930s English-language films
Category:English-language drama films
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