The Man Who Wouldn't Die

1942
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1h 5min

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Lloyd Nolan and Marjorie Weaver in The Man Who Wouldn't Die (1942)

Aggiungi una trama nella tua linguaA man believed to be dead and buried escapes from his grave and returns to the scene of the crime seeking revenge.A man believed to be dead and buried escapes from his grave and returns to the scene of the crime seeking revenge.A man believed to be dead and buried escapes from his grave and returns to the scene of the crime seeking revenge.

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Interpreti principali16

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Lloyd Nolan

Michael Shayne

Marjorie Weaver

Catherine Wolff

Helene Reynolds

Anna Wolff

Henry Wilcoxon

Dr. Haggard

Richard Derr

Roger Blake

Paul Harvey

Dudley Wolff

Billy Bevan

Phillips - the Butler

Olin Howland

Chief of Police Jonathan Meek
(as Olin Howlin)

Robert Emmett Keane

Alfred Dunning

LeRoy Mason

Zorah Bey

Jeff Corey

Coroner Tim Larsen

Francis Ford

Caretaker

Harry Carter

Call Boy
(non citato nei titoli originali)

Mary Field

Maid
(non citato nei titoli originali)

Charles Irwin

Gus aka The Great Merlini
(non citato nei titoli originali)

Ruth Warren

Peggy - the Cook
(non citato nei titoli originali)

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- Herbert I. Leeds
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6/10

fast-moving Michael Shayne mystery

Lloyd Nolan is Michael Shayne, private detective in "The Man Who Wouldn't Die," a 1942 entry into this short series from Twentieth Century Fox.

A friend of Mike's, Catherine (Marjorie Weaver) gets him to pose as her husband while investigating a shooting at her family home. Her father (Paul Harvey) is in government and under investigation by the Senate, and one night, Anna is shot at. Mike finds plenty to investigate. He also has plenty to explain when Catherine's real husband shows up unexpectedly.

There's lots of humor and "dark stormy night" atmosphere in this neat programmer, which also features Henry Wilcoxon and Helen Reynolds as Anna, Catherine's stepmother.

Nolan is a delight as a singing, happy but very clever Shayne. I'm surprised that Marjorie Weaver didn't get further in her career, though by all accounts, she loved the career she had - she's very pretty and vivacious.

Very enjoyable.

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Quiz
When Meek and Shayne are pursuing the "ghost" in Meek's car, Shayne tells Meek to shoot the tyres in the other car. Meek refuses as they are his tyres and that he "can't get any more...". During the Second World War, tyres were rationed in the USA. A limited number of people (e.g. nurses, fire brigades, police) were able to apply to the local rationing board for approval to purchase brand new tyres. Everybody else had to patch their tyres or replace the treads.

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When Shayne confronts Dudley Wolff, his wife and Dunning in the den, he refers to Wolff's partner buried "last night in the woods". That was actually two nights before, as the previous night was the one when Dr Haggard got killed.

Citazioni
Anna Wolff: [offering a drink] Would you care for something to warm you up?
Catherine Wolff: I was on the wagon, but I'll think I'll step off and give my seat to a gentleman.