Man in the Middle (1963)
- Directed by
- Guy Hamilton
- Genre
- trial film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 34m
- Rating
- 6.5 of 10 from 24 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A US Army colonel in World War II India is assigned to defend an American soldier who killed a British serviceman. The film follows the legal and moral struggle of the trial.
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What happens
Man in the Middle is a 1964 British-American CinemaScope war film, 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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