Starring Lloyd Nolan, Mary Carlisle, Lynne Overman, J. Carrol Naish,
Buster Crabbe, Anthony Quinn
Directed by Louis King

Print: black/white
Runtime: 65 min.
Genre: drama
Print Quality: B

Hunted Men is part of Paramount's unofficial B-picture series based on
the J. Edgar Hoover book Persons in Hiding. Lynne Overman stars as a
middle-class family man whose even-keel lifestyle is shattered when he
brings home an affable stranger (Lloyd Nolan) to dinner. The stranger
turns out to be an escaped killer, who repays Overman's hospitality by
holding his family prisoner. Both criminal and hostages tensely count the
hours as the rest of Nolan's gang (including J. Carroll Naish and Patricia
Morrison) formulates an escape plan. Hunted Men has earned a latter-day
reputation for its accurate portrayal of a suburban household of the
1930s, and for its surprisingly sympathetic portrayal (without overtly
pleading for sympathy) of head crook Lloyd Nolan.