Man in the Middle | |
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Directed by | Guy Hamilton |
Screenplay by | Willis Hall Keith Waterhouse |
Based on | The Winston Affair (1959 novel) by Howard Fast |
Produced by | Walter Seltzer |
Starring | Robert Mitchum France Nuyen Barry Sullivan |
Cinematography | Wilkie Cooper |
Edited by | John Bloom |
Music by | John Barry Lionel Bart |
Production company | Talbot Productions |
Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Running time | 94 min. |
Countries | United Kingdom United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $1,000,000 (US/ Canada)[1] |
Man in the Middle is a 1964 British-American CinemaScope war film and starring Robert Mitchum and directed by Guy Hamilton. The movie, set in World War II India, tells the story of the murder trial of an American Army officer who killed a British soldier. Mitchum plays Lieutenant Colonel Barney Adams, who has been assigned as the accused man's defence counsel. The film is also known as The Winston Affair, the title of the novel the film was based on, which was written by Howard Fast.