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Hunt the Man Down
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox film
| name = Hunt the Man Down
| image = Hunt_the_Man_Down_film_poster.jpg
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| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = George Archainbaud
| producer = Lewis J. Rachmil
| screenplay = DeVallon Scott
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| starring = Gig Young
Carla Balenda
Mary Anderson
| music = Paul Sawtell
| cinematography = Nicholas Musuraca
| editing = Samuel E. Beetley
| distributor = RKO Radio Pictures
| released =
| runtime = 69 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
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'Hunt the Man Down' is a 1951 American film noir directed by George Archainbaud and starring Gig Young.
Plot
Public defender Paul Bennett dedicates himself to defending a destitute man accused of murder. Piano player Richard Kincaid was brought to trial for the crime 12 years earlier, but he was sure that he would be found guilty and escaped before the jury reached a verdict. Now recaptured, he is to be tried again. Bennett must track down the seven people who witnessed a fight between Kincaid and the murder victim before the crime occurred. In the years since the first trial, World War II has come and gone and the lives of the witnesses have undergone major changes, most of them for the worse.
Cast
* Gig Young as Paul Bennett
* Lynne Roberts as Sally Clark
* Mary Anderson as Alice McGuire / Peggy Linden
* Willard Parker as Burnell 'Brick' Appleby
* Carla Balenda as Rolene Wood
* Gerald Mohr as Walter Long
* James Anderson as Richard Kincaid / William H. Jackson
* John Kellogg as Kerry 'Lefty' McGuire
* Harry Shannon as Wallace Bennett
* Cleo Moore as Pat Sheldon
* Christy Palmer as Mrs. Joan Brian
* Iris Adrian as Marie, McGuire's Neighbor (uncredited)
* Vince Barnett as Joe, Pool Player (uncredited)
* Al Bridge as Ulysses Grant Sheldon (uncredited)
* Frank Cady as Show Box Puppeteer (uncredited)
* Dick Elliott as Happy, Bar Owner (uncredited)
* William Forrest as J.P. Knight, Public Defender (uncredited)
* Paul Frees as Packard 'Packy' Collins (uncredited)
* William Haade as Bart (uncredited)
* Al Hill as Pete Floogle - Hit Man (uncredited)
* James Seay as Prosecutor (uncredited)
References
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