Hitler: Dead Or Alive
From The Grindhouse Cinema Database
Hitler: Dead or Alive (1942, USA) is an Adventure-Comedy-Thriller film directed by Nick Grinde.
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The Tarantino Connection
This is one of the only films in cinema history that depicted Hitler being captured and/or killed by soldiers during WWII. The other was Inglourious Basterds which was directly inspired by it.
This is one of the only films in cinema history that depicted Hitler being captured and/or killed by soldiers during WWII. The other was Inglourious Basterds which was directly inspired by it.
Main Details
- Released on November 12, 1942 (Chicago, Illinois)
- B&W
- Running time: 70 minutes
- Production Co.: Ben Judell
- Distribution Co.: Charles House (USA- states rights system)
- Directed by Nick Grinde
- Written by Sam Neuman and Karl Brown
- Starring: Ward Bond, Dorothy Tree, Warren Hymer
Plot Summary
- A team of ex-con bounty hunters go to Germany in search of Hitler. If they can find him, a million dollar reward is to be paid to them.
Taglines
- Will Hitler escape this time?
- GANGLAND GOES ALL OUT TO KIDNAP HITLER DEAD OR ALIVE (Print Ad- Rochester Times Union,((Rochester NY)) 1 May 1943)