State Secret (1950 film)

State Secret
Directed bySidney Gilliat
Written bySidney Gilliat
Based onnovel
by Roy Huggins
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyRobert Krasker
Music byWilliam Alwyn
Production
company
Distributed byBritish Lion Films
Release date
  • 11 September 1950 (1950-09-11) (UK)
Running time
105 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Box office£187,022 (UK)[1]

State Secret is a 1950 British drama thriller film directed by Sidney Gilliat and starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Jack Hawkins, Glynis Johns, Olga Lowe and Herbert Lom.[2] It was made at Isleworth Studios with Italian location shooting in Trento and the Dolomites. It was released in the United States under the title The Great Manhunt.[3]

  1. ^ Porter, Vincent. "The Robert Clark Account". Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Vol. 20, No. 4, 2000, p. 492.
  2. ^ "Review: 'State Secret'." BFI. Retrieved: 23 July 2016.
  3. ^ "The Great Manhunt." Archived 4 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine TV Guide. Retrieved: 23 July 2016.