The Man Who Wouldn't Talk (1940)

1940 · Feature film · 74 min · dir. David Burton

WHO is the man without a past?... WHAT secret sealed his lips?

• Crime
• Drama

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Synopsis

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…

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Director

David Burton

Writer

Robert Ellis

Studio

20th Century Fox

Released

1940-01-11

Running time

74 minutes

Cast & crew

• David Burton Director
• Lloyd Nolan
• Jean Rogers
• Richard Clarke
• Onslow Stevens
• Eric Blore
• Joan Valerie
• Mae Marsh
• Paul Stanton

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