Jeffbert
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HUNT THE MAN DOWN (1951) NOIR ALLEY's last offering for Feb.
A wrongly convicted man (James Anderson) escapes, makes a new identity, etc., but ends up on the front page of the local newspaper, when he foils a hold-up of the bar where he works. The Police arrest him, etc., and he is assigned a public defender Paul Bennett (Gig Young), who, after attempts to contact witnesses ends in the murder of one of them, concludes that the man is innocent.
So much, in just under 70 minutes, back stories to more than a few characters, along with plenty of current action.
Satisfying!
A wrongly convicted man (James Anderson) escapes, makes a new identity, etc., but ends up on the front page of the local newspaper, when he foils a hold-up of the bar where he works. The Police arrest him, etc., and he is assigned a public defender Paul Bennett (Gig Young), who, after attempts to contact witnesses ends in the murder of one of them, concludes that the man is innocent.
So much, in just under 70 minutes, back stories to more than a few characters, along with plenty of current action.
Satisfying!