The Man Who Wouldn't Die (1942 film)
| The Man Who Wouldn't Die | |
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| Directed by | Herbert I. Leeds |
| Written by | Brett Halliday (character) |
| Screenplay by | Arnaud d'Usseau |
| Based on | No Coffin for the Corpse 1942 novel by Clayton Rawson |
| Produced by | Sol M. Wurtzel |
| Starring | Lloyd Nolan Marjorie Weaver Helene Reynolds |
| Cinematography | Joseph MacDonald |
| Edited by | Fred Allen |
| Music by | David Raksin |
| Distributed by | Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation |
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Running time | 65 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Man Who Wouldn't Die is a 1942 American comedy horror mystery film directed by Herbert I. Leeds, starring Lloyd Nolan and Marjorie Weaver. This movie was the fifth of a series of seven of the Michael Shayne movies produced by Twentieth Century Fox between 1940 and 1942.
The original source material was a novel by Clayton Rawson that featured his magician-sleuth the Great Merlini. However, in the film, the sleuth was changed to Michael Shayne, a private detective created by Brett Halliday, though the Great Merlini was retained as a minor character.