Hangmen Also Die! (1943)

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.

Director:

Fritz Lang

Stars:

Brian Donlevy (Dr. Franticek Svoboda), Walter Brennan (Prof. Stephen Novotny), Anna Lee (Masha Novotny), Gene Lockhart (Emil Czaka), Dennis O'Keefe (Jan Horak), Margaret Wycherly (Ludmilla Novotny)