The Valiant

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Movie
Original title The Valiant
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1929
length 66 minutes
Rod
Director William K. Howard
script Tom Barry ,
John Hunter Booth
production William K. Howard
camera Lucien N. Andriot ,
Glen MacWilliams
cut Jack Dennis
occupation

The Valiant is an American drama from 1929. The screenplay is based on a play by Holworthy Hall and Robert Middlemass.

action

James Dyke kills a man in a poor apartment building and then turns himself in to the police. He refuses to give his real name. At the trial he is sentenced to death.

One woman in Ohio sees a bad image of the convict in the newspaper and thinks she recognizes him as her missing son. She sends her daughter Mary to the prison to visit the convict and find out if it is actually her son. Mary Douglas, who was too young to remember him when her brother left her parents' home, sets off. James is able to convince Mary that he is not her brother. He tells her that her brother died a hero during the war. Then he surrenders to his fate and begins his execution.

criticism

Mordaunt Hall of the New York Times said the film was more original than most films shown at the time. The film is suspenseful, but in the end one can be of the opinion that the story was not told to the end.

Awards

At the second Academy Awards in 1930 , Paul Muni were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor and Tom Barry for Best Screenplay .

background

The world premiere took place on May 12, 1929.

For Paul Muni, the film was his screen debut.

In 1940 David Burton made a remake with Lloyd Nolan and Jean Rogers in the lead roles. The film's title was The Man Who Wouldn't Talk .

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Individual evidence

  1. Critique of the New York Times (Eng.)