The Man Who Dared (1946 film)

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

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)

See also Wrongful execution

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