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Man in the Middle is a British film of genre Drama directed by Guy Hamilton released in USA on 5 february 1964 with Robert Mitchum
Man in the Middle (1964)
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Add to a movie listMan in the Middle is a 1964 CinemaScope 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 Lieut. Col. Barney Adams, who has been assigned as the accused man's defense 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.
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In the midst of World War II, Lieut. Col. Barney Adams’s superiors call on him to defend troubled US army Lieutenant Winston who has confessed to murdering a British non-commissioned officer. Military court officials want the cleanest possible trial for the lieutenant. They believe that Liet. Col. Adams, a war hero and distinguished lawyer, is the best man for the job. But when Adams begins to investigate the murder, he finds that this seemingly open-and-shut case is actually much more complicated. Before long he is absorbed in a dramatic struggle for a fair trial against the most overwhelming odds.Actors
Robert Mitchum
(Lt. Col. Barney Adams)
France Nuyen
(Kate Davray)
Barry Sullivan
(General Kempton)
Trevor Howard
(Major Kensington)
Keenan Wynn
(Lieut. Winston)
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