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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 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.
Original Release
01/11/1940
US Release
01/11/1940
Cast
Name | Character |
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Lloyd Nolan | Joe Monday |
Jean Rogers | Alice Stetson |
Richard Clarke | Steve Phillips |
Onslow Stevens | Frederick Keller |
Eric Blore | Horace Parker |
Joan Valerie | Miss Norton |
Mae Marsh | Mrs. Stetson |
Paul Stanton | Attorney Cluett |
Douglas Wood | Walker |
Irving Bacon | Paul Gillis |
Directors
Writers
David Burton, Clark Andrews, Lou Breslow, Robert Ellis, Edward Ettinger, Owen Francis, Holworthy Hall, Helen Logan, Robert Middlemass, Lester Ziffren
Cast
Name | Character |
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Lloyd Nolan | Joe Monday |
Jean Rogers | Alice Stetson |
Richard Clarke | Steve Phillips |
Onslow Stevens | Frederick Keller |
Eric Blore | Horace Parker |
Joan Valerie | Miss Norton |
Mae Marsh | Mrs. Stetson |
Paul Stanton | Attorney Cluett |
Douglas Wood | Walker |
Irving Bacon | Paul Gillis |
Lester Sharpe | Henri Picot |
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 |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Sol M. Wurtzel | Producer |