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The Man They Could Not Hang is the first in a series of four similarly-themed but otherwise unrelated horror films produced by Columbia Pictures, all starring Karloff, informally known as the "Mad Doctor Cycle." It was followed by The Man with Nine Lives, Before I Hang (both 1940), [3] and The Devil Commands (1941).
The Man They Could Not Hang - A. S. Walker ISBN 185821243X; The Secret of the Babbacombe Murder: The Mysterious Case of John Lee 'The Man They Could Not Hang' - Mike Holgate (1995) ISBN 1872640346; The Man They Could Not Hang: The True Story of John Lee - History Press, Mike Holgate, Ian David Waugh (1939, 2005, 2007) ISBN 9780750936538
The Man They Could Not Hang is a 1934 Australian film directed by Raymond Longford about the life of John Babbacombe Lee, whose story had been filmed previously in 1912 and 1921. These silent films were called "one of the greatest box-office features that ever came out of this country." [3] The sound film was not as successful. [4]
The Man They Could Not Hang is the title of two different non-fiction books about the life story of John 'Babbacombe' Lee, the butler who was convicted of the murder of Emma Keyse, his elderly employer in 1907.
You could not produce anything of the kind at that figure. The wonderful drawing power of the title must be borne in mind." [23] The film appears to have been first screened at the Alhambra Theatre in Sydney in late October 1912 under the title In the Shadow of the Scaffold, or The Man They Could Not Hang and it was 3,000 feet long. [24] [25] [26]
The band's name is inspired by "The Man They Couldn't Hang", and was originally coined by Shane MacGowan - with whom Bradley previously played in The Nipple Erectors - as a potential name for his own band, who eventually became The Pogues. [2] Their first single, a cover version of "The Green Fields of France", was released in 1984. [1]
The Man They Could Not Hang. that made-in-Australia bugaboo picture which has been horrifying the back-blocks for a year or more, got as far out as Bobbra Wobbra last week, and all the elite of the district lined up to be thrilled. The picture made a profound impression.
The programme was broadcast in the BBC 2 2nd House series as "The Man They Couldn't Hang – John Lee" on 1 February 1975. Personnel: Dave Swarbrick, Dave Pegg, Dave Mattacks, Jerry Donahue, Simon Nicol (although he was not in the band at this time, Nicol made a brief return for this one-off project), with, for one song, the newly returned ...