The Man Who Wouldn't Talk (1940)
1h 14m
Running Time
January 11, 1940Release Date
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk (1940)
1h 14m
Running Time
January 11, 1940Release Date
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Plot.
A man involved in a crime (Nolan) kills his key witness by mistake and resigns himself to death. He changes his name so as not to harm his family. The law is not content with his explanation, however.
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Cast & Crew.
Lloyd Nolan
Joe Monday
Jean Rogers
Alice Stetson
Richard Clarke
Steve Phillips
Onslow Stevens
Frederick Keller
Eric Blore
Horace Parker
David Burton
Director
Joan Valerie
Miss Norton
Clark Andrews
Writer
Mae Marsh
Mrs. Stetson
Lou Breslow
Writer
Paul Stanton
Attorney Cluett
Robert Ellis
Writer
Douglas Wood
Walker
Edward Ettinger
Writer
Irving Bacon
Paul Gillis
Lester Sharpe
Henri Picot
Owen Francis
Writer
Harlan Briggs
Foreman in Jury
Elisabeth Risdon
Jury Member
Renie Riano
Lilly Wigham
Ernie Alexander
Soldier
Stanley Andrews
Colonel
Herbert Ashley
Jailer
Hooper Atchley
Finney's Lawyer
Stanley Blystone
Police Announcer
Gary Breckner
Announcer
Harry Burns
Italian
John Butler
John Finney
George Chandler
First Clerk
Cliff Clark
Ryan
Ruth Clifford
Mrs. Finney
Chester Clute
Pompous Man
Frank Dae
Judge
Jean Del Val
Jacques
Harry Denny
Third Man
Abe Dinovitch
Soldier
George Douglas
Lieutenant
Jimmie Dundee
Guard
Eddie Dunn
Jim
Ralph Dunn
Guard
Edward Earle
Officer
John Eberts
Peon
John Elliott
Juror
Fern Emmett
Housekeeper Annie
Edith Evanson
Hannah
Gus Glassmire
Juror
William Haade
First American
Sherry Hall
Court Clerk
Tom Hanlon
Main Commentator
Harry Hayden
Dan
Jean Houghton
Mrs. Sawyer
Arthur Hoyt
Little Man
Selmer Jackson
James Sawyer
Edward Keane
Warden
Robert Emmett Keane
Ed Harvey
Fred Kelsey
Bailiff
George Lynn
Convict
George Magrill
Policeman
George Melford
Juror
Bert Moorhouse
Officer
Mantan Moreland
Robbins
Edmund Mortimer
Second Man
Paddy O'Flynn
Soldier
Pat O'Malley
Laboratory Technician
Franklin Parker
Reporter
Imboden Parrish
Reporter
Charles Peck
Boy
Arthur Rankin
Fingerprinter
Cyril Ring
Reporter
Hector V. Sarno
Miguel
Edwin Stanley
Officer
Charles Stevens
Mexican
Media.
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Wiki.
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk is a 1940 mystery film directed by David Burton and starring Lloyd Nolan, Jean Rogers, and Richard Clarke. It is a remake of the 1929 film The Valiant which had starred Paul Muni, and was based on a play of the same name. It was Nolan's first film for Twentieth Century Fox, where he went on to be a successful star of B Movie mysteries such as the Michael Shayne series. Nolan's portrayal of the lead character was deliberately more subdued than Muni's had been, and the film was "opened up" with the addition of flashback scenes and other devices to make it less dialogue-based than the original.