Hitler's Madman (1943) review

During WWII, "Deputy Protector of Bohemia and Moravia" Reinhard Heydrich (John Carradine) rules over Czechoslovakia but the people have had enough, and a rebel group (led by Alan Curtis) devise a plan to assassinate him ... which works, but the blowback is devastating, as the Nazis wipe out an entire town.  Since the war was still going on in 1943 and the truth of what happened was not out (Jan Kubiš and Jozef Gabčík were the heroes who pulled it off), it's fictionalized soap opera that mostly drags itself around the first half before picking up a little bit in the second half, concluding with a plea to avenge those executed in the town of Lidice.   Carradine is a bright spot (relatively speaking) who relishes playing a monster - he says things like "intellect is poison" (which is ironic, since the real Heydrich was cultured) and gathers women for the Joy Division - and even before he kicks it he spews even more hate: those guys really had no regrets.