Man Hunt

Name: Man Hunt
Genre: Drama
Released: 1936-02-15
Duration: 1 h
Rating: 5.6
Cast: Ricardo Cortez, Marguerite Churchill, Charles 'Chic' Sale

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5.6/10

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Ricardo Cortez and Marguerite Churchill in Man Hunt (1936)

Drama

Schoolteacher Jane thinks that life in Coasterville is dull, so she tells her pupils about the days of the Daltons Boys and the James Gang. When bank robber Kingman escapes and hides out in ... Read allSchoolteacher Jane thinks that life in Coasterville is dull, so she tells her pupils about the days of the Daltons Boys and the James Gang. When bank robber Kingman escapes and hides out in the schoolhouse, Jane helps him escape from town. To Hank, her intended, this is the bigge... Read allSchoolteacher Jane thinks that life in Coasterville is dull, so she tells her pupils about the days of the Daltons Boys and the James Gang. When bank robber Kingman escapes and hides out in the schoolhouse, Jane helps him escape from town. To Hank, her intended, this is the biggest story to hit the "Clarion" in a long time. Even old Sheriff Hoggins wants to join the G... Read all

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Trivia
Not an exact remake, but "Man Hunt" recycles many plot elements from "The Famous Ferguson Case" (1932). Ambitious, small town reporter stumbles into a national crime story and is treated like a hick by the cynical, big city reporters that suddenly overrun the town.

Goofs
When The Sheriff is telling the story of the cattle rustlers, one of the reporters sitting on the bed has his left arm wrapped around the bedpost. But on the following cut, the orientation of the arm has now changed.

Quotes
Ed Hoggins: I just don't drink paregoric!

Crazy credits
Someone shoots the title right onto the screen, in big white letters.

Connections
References The Front Page (1931)

Soundtracks
My Wild Irish Rose
(1899) (uncredited)
Written by Chauncey Olcott
Played on harmonica and sung by William Gargan, Eddie Graham, Don Downen and other reporters

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6/10

A naive school teacher gets her comeuppance.

Jane Carpenter (Marguerite Churchill) plays a very young, foolish and naive school teacher. She likes to regale her students with romantic notions of the bandits of the old west--although the reality is that these folks were scum of the worst sort. Not surprisingly, some of the folks in the community are less than thrilled by this.

Later, there is a manhunt for Kingman (Ricardo Cortez)--a notorious bank robber. When he hides out at the teacher's home, her notions of romance are sorely tried! She helps him at first though she soon discovers he's not quite the dashing character she's talked about in school. Believe it or not, this crook and his gang are actually bad!!! Can this idiot somehow come out of this unscathed? Well considering the good guys want to HELP the bank (which Kingman is about to rob) by starting a bank panic, I would seriously doubt that!

Overall, this is a mildly interesting B movie with a decent anti- gangster theme. Chic Sale, as he often is in films, overacts awfully while doing his old man routine (he was only 51 but played a man considerably older in films).