It's July 1939. Vacationing British sportsman Thorndike (Walter Pidgeon) has Hitler in his gun sight. He is caught from behind and a shot is fired. He claims that he was simply stalking his prey for the game of it and had no intention of killing Hitler. He survives torture and murder attempt while trying to escape back to England.
It's a great start for an intriguing premise. With a minor alteration, this could be a perfect setup. Fritz Lang is the director. I'm not sure about the escape. I thought they were building up to a perverted Nazi game of man hunting. It seems to be a missed opportunity. It does end up being a light standard manhunt situation until he gets back to England. The tension dissipates and the situation becomes somewhat manufactured. I don't really understand why the Brits couldn't just replace his passport. It's as if no one has ever lost a passport while away in a foreign land. It stops making sense.
It's a great start for an intriguing premise. With a minor alteration, this could be a perfect setup. Fritz Lang is the director. I'm not sure about the escape. I thought they were building up to a perverted Nazi game of man hunting. It seems to be a missed opportunity. It does end up being a light standard manhunt situation until he gets back to England. The tension dissipates and the situation becomes somewhat manufactured. I don't really understand why the Brits couldn't just replace his passport. It's as if no one has ever lost a passport while away in a foreign land. It stops making sense.