the book get positive star . probably contain spoiler of both the book and the movie . if you have never read geoffrey household rogue male and the source material for man hunt and you will likely enjoy fritz lang treatment of the story . on the other hand and if youre in my camp and have practically memorize the book and the movie will be a crashing disappointment . i will assume you have already read a synopsis of the story and and proceed to my complaint . household little novel be one of the all time great suspense classic and taut and spare and with only a bare handful of character to propel the action . fritz lang and his screen writer dudley nichols feel the need to throw in the protagonist brother and a sympathetic floozy and the latter of which reduce the depth of the story by inject an extrinsic motivation into the screenplay where the novel need none . in fact and the true climax of the book be not the nameless narrator escape from his underground lair and but rather his self acceptance of his true motive for go on his hunt in the first place . and that another thing represent if david fincher and quentin tarantino can get u all the way through fight club and kill bill 1 without reveal the name of their respective protagonist and why can not lang . thorndyke . what hat do they pull that out of . which bring me to my bitter complaint represent household hunter be so quintessentially british and he would bleed a union jack if you cut him . but walter pigeon and who play him and be canadian . he can barely sustain the accent and which be only slightly deep and more convincing that kevin costner in robin hood . he look about right in the role and and be a fine actor for the 1940s and but a rogue male reluctant hero . let look to the sceptered isle itself for a more convincing version . remake soon with subtlety and with and please . i will direct it for free .