Hangmen Also Die! (1943)
"The shot heard 'round the world!"
ThumbScore
👍 80%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 87%
(RT: 87%) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Brian Donlevy as Dr. Franticek Svoboda
Anna Lee as Masha Novotny
Dennis O'Keefe as Jan Horak
Margaret Wycherly as Ludmilla Novotny
Nana Bryant as Mrs. Hellie Novotny
William Roy as Boda Novotny
Is Hangmen Also Die! good?
Most people think so. 80% audience score, estimated from 145 TMDB ratings. Critics agree, scoring it 87%.
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Overview
During the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia, surgeon Dr. Franticek Svoboda, a Czech patriot, assassinates the brutal "Hangman of Europe", Reichsprotektor Reinhard Heydrich, and is wounded in the process. In his attempt to escape, he is helped by history professor Stephen Novotny and his daughter Mascha. Wikipedia ↗
