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|studio=Arnold Pressburger Films | |studio=Arnold Pressburger Films | ||
|distributor=United Artists | |distributor=United Artists | ||
|character1=Dr. | |character1=Dr. Frantiček Svoboda / Karel Vanek | ||
|actor1=[[Brian Donlevy]] | |actor1=[[Brian Donlevy]] | ||
|character2=Prof. | |character2=Prof. Stepan Novotny | ||
|actor2=[[Walter Brennan]] | |actor2=[[Walter Brennan]] | ||
|character3=Masha Novotny | |character3=Masha Novotny | ||
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Throughout the film, a [[Webley & Scott Mk I|Webley & Scott Metropolitan Police Pistol]] is seen as the assassin’s pistol. | Throughout the film, a [[Webley & Scott Mk I|Webley & Scott Metropolitan Police Pistol]] is seen as the assassin’s pistol. | ||
[[Image: 20044530.jpg|thumb|none|300px| Webley & Scott Mk I|Webley & Scott Metropolitan Police Pistol]] | [[Image: 20044530.jpg|thumb|none|300px| Webley & Scott Mk I|Webley & Scott Metropolitan Police Pistol]] | ||
[[Image:hangmen8_sm.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Dr. | [[Image:hangmen8_sm.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Dr. Frantiček Svoboda ([[Brian Donlevy]]) turns the assassin's pistol over to the Czech Communist Party Secretary.]] | ||
[[Image:hangmen34_sm.jpg|thumb|500px|none|The Gestapo discovers the assassin's pistol.]] | [[Image:hangmen34_sm.jpg|thumb|500px|none|The Gestapo discovers the assassin's pistol.]] | ||
[[Image:hangmen36_sm.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | [[Image:hangmen36_sm.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
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Throughout the film, Gestapo Insp. Alois Gruber (Alexander Granach) carries a [[1934 Mauser Pocket Pistol]]. | Throughout the film, Gestapo Insp. Alois Gruber (Alexander Granach) carries a [[1934 Mauser Pocket Pistol]]. | ||
[[Image: Mauser1934.jpg|thumb|none|300px|1934 Mauser Pocket Pistol]] | [[Image: Mauser1934.jpg|thumb|none|300px|1934 Mauser Pocket Pistol]] | ||
[[Image:hangmen27_sm_sm.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Inspector Gruber gets the drop on Dr. | [[Image:hangmen27_sm_sm.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Inspector Gruber gets the drop on Dr. Frantiček Svoboda ([[Brian Donlevy]]).]] | ||
[[Image:hangmen30_sm.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Inspector Gruber warns the suspects.]] | [[Image:hangmen30_sm.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Inspector Gruber warns the suspects.]] | ||
[[Image:hangmen29_sm.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Inspector Gruber phones the Gestapo.]] | [[Image:hangmen29_sm.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Inspector Gruber phones the Gestapo.]] | ||
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Throughout the film, SS NCO carry a [[Luger P08]]. | Throughout the film, SS NCO carry a [[Luger P08]]. | ||
[[Image: LugerP08Pistol.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Lugar P08]] | [[Image: LugerP08Pistol.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Lugar P08]] | ||
[[Image:hangmen13_sm.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Inspector Gruber confronts Dr. | [[Image:hangmen13_sm.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Inspector Gruber confronts Dr. Frantiček Svoboda / Karel Vanek.]] | ||
[[Image:hangmen21_sm.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | [[Image:hangmen21_sm.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
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A Gestapo onspector used an unidentified revolver. | A Gestapo onspector used an unidentified revolver. | ||
[[Image:hangmen1R_sm.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | [[Image:hangmen1R_sm.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
== Thompson submachine gun== | == Thompson submachine gun== | ||
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Hangmen Also Die! is a largely forgotten masterpiece directed by Fritz Lang (M, The Big Heat, Metropolis, Spies) and co-written with Bertolt Brecht, the great German writer’s only film screenplay. Starring Brian Donlevy, Walter Brennan, Anna Lee, Gene Lockhart, and Alexander Granach, the film is a fictional account of the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, the Reich Protector of Bohemia and Moravia and “Butcher of Prague,” and of the German retaliation against the Czech people. Released during the war, the story suggests that the assassination was the work of the Czech Communist Party, when in fact and unknown at the time, the assassination was arranged by British and Czech secret services. The film’s heroic portrayal of Czech communists and Brecht’s own socialist sympathies, which landed him on Hollywood’s black-list, helped relegate this film to the dusty shelves of the studio. Kino Cinema helped restore the film to its rightful place in the canon of Lang’s great pictures.
The following weapons were used in the film Hangmen Also Die!:
Webley & Scott Metropolitan Police Pistol
Throughout the film, a Webley & Scott Metropolitan Police Pistol is seen as the assassin’s pistol.
1934 Mauser Pocket Pistol
Throughout the film, Gestapo Insp. Alois Gruber (Alexander Granach) carries a 1934 Mauser Pocket Pistol.
Luger P08
Throughout the film, SS NCO carry a Luger P08.
Unidentified revolver
A Gestapo onspector used an unidentified revolver.
Thompson submachine gun
Throughout the film, German Schutzstaffel (SS) carry a Thompson submachine guns mocked up as MP40.
Gewehr 1898
Throughout the film, German soldiers and SS men carry a Mauser Gewehr 1898 rifles.
