The Man Who Dared (1946 film)

The Man Who Dared is a 1946 American film noir crime film directed by John Sturges, which serves as the first film he directed.

Plot
It tells the story of a reporter who concocts a false case so as to get himself convicted for first degree murder. He does this to prove that a death sentence could be erroneously issued based on circumstantial and flawed evidence and that the death penalty should be abolished.

Cast

 * Leslie Brooks as Lorna Claibourne
 * George Macready as Donald Wayne
 * Forrest Tucker as Larry James
 * Charles D. Brown as Dist. Atty. Darrell Tyson
 * Warren Mills as Felix
 * Richard Hale as Reginald Fogg
 * Charles Evans as Judge
 * Trevor Bardette as Police Sgt. Arthur Landis
 * William Newell as Police Sgt. Clay

Movies with similar themes

 * Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956)
 * Bidugade (1973)
 * Abhilasha (1983)
 * The Life of David Gale (2003)