The Man Who Dared (1946 film)
# 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)
