A Man Betrayed (1941)

Name: A Man Betrayed
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Released: 1941-03-07
Duration: 82 min
Rating: 5.5
Cast: John Wayne, Frances Dee, Edward Ellis, Wallace Ford, Ward Bond

A Man Betrayed (1941), directed by John H. Auer, starring John Wayne and Frances Dee.

03/07/1941 BR Comedy, Crime, Drama and Romance 1h 22m

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Fearless! Stalking his prey in a stronghold of corruption...Daring death for the woman he loves!

Synopsis

A bucolic lawyer takes on big-city corruption, setting out to prove that an above-suspicion politician is actually a crook - all while falling in love with the politician's daughter.

Jack A. MartaCinematography
John H. AuerDirector
Charles CraftEditing
Armand SchaeferProducer

About the film

A Man Betrayed is a 1941 American dramatic comedy film directed by John H. Auer and starring John Wayne, Frances Dee and Edward Ellis. It was produced and distributed by Republic Pictures. In the United Kingdom, the film was released as Citadel of Crime.

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Plot

Bucolic lawyer Lynn Hollister fights big-city corruption when he tries to prove that politician Tom Cameron is a crook. Hollister is in love with the politician's daughter Sabra.

Cast

John Wayne as Lynn Hollister

Frances Dee as Sabra Cameron

Edward Ellis as Boss Thomas "Tom" Cameron

Wallace Ford as Casey ("Globe" newspaper reporter)

Ward Bond as Floyd, Amato's goon

Harold Huber as Morris "Morrie" Slade

Alexander Granach as T. Amato, Club Inferno Manager

Barnett Parker as George, the Camerons' Butler

Edwin Stanley as the Prosecutor

Harry Hayden as lawyer Don Langworthy

Tim Ryan as Mr. Wilson, insurance agent

Russell Hicks as District Attorney C. R. Pringle

Pierre Watkin as the Governor

Ferris Taylor as Mayor Al

Reception

In a contemporary review for The New York Times, critic Thomas M. Pryor wrote: "With more action and less talk, 'A Man Betrayed' might have amounted to something better than just a torpid expose of a political boss. For the new film ... reveals nothing new about the workings of machine politics, nor does it afford any suspense as to what will ultimately happen ... The plot is talked away in the first fifteen minutes and, except for a lively election-day skirmish between rival mobsters and graveyard voters, there just isn't anything to arrest one's attention."

The Los Angeles Times reviewer wrote: "As though embossed, a character occasionally stands out on the screen from among the welter of rubber-stamp types. John Wayne manages such a characterization in 'A Man Betrayed.' ... The story is engrossing particularly from this characterization ... Otherwise the yarn is one of those murder things with crooks in high and low places, and the hero bent on a whodunit mission to the big city."

References

Bibliography

Fetrow, Alan G. Feature Films, 1940-1949: a United States Filmography. McFarland, 1994.

External links

A Man Betrayed at IMDb

A Man Betrayed at the TCM Movie Database (archived)

A Man Betrayed at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films

Text from A Man Betrayed (1941 film) on Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Man_Betrayed_(1941_film)

Trivia

It premiered on March 7, 1941, a Friday.
It runs 1h22 — short for a feature film.
This film's quiz has 12 questions — enough to play more than once without repeats.

Production

StudiosRepublic Pictures
CountriesUnited States
LanguagesEnglish
StatusReleased

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Jack A. Marta Cinematography
John H. Auer Director
Charles Craft Editing
Armand Schaefer Producer
Isabel Dawn Screenplay
Tom Kilpatrick Screenplay

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What is A Man Betrayed about?

A Man Betrayed: A bucolic lawyer takes on big-city corruption, setting out to prove that an above-suspicion politician is actually a crook - all while falling in love with the politician's daughter.

Who directed A Man Betrayed?

A Man Betrayed was directed by John H. Auer in 1941.

Who stars in A Man Betrayed?

The cast of A Man Betrayed includes John Wayne, Frances Dee, Edward Ellis, Wallace Ford and Ward Bond.

How long is A Man Betrayed?

A Man Betrayed runs for 82 minutes, or 1h22.