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Bookmark this pageThe Man in the Road (1956)
Director: Lance Comfort
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
Cold War spy thriller with a stale storyline about communist agents trying to prise a secret formula from a brilliant amnesiac scientist (young writer Ella Raines to the rescue). Guy Morgan, who adapted the script from a popular novel of the day (Anthony Armstrong's He Was Found in the Road), was a former secretary of the British Screenwriters' Association and habitually complained about the lack of recognition screenwriters received. He protested too much, perhaps.Author: GM
Cast & crew
Director: Lance Comfort
Producer: Charles A Leeds
Cast: Derek Farr, Ella Raines, Donald Wolfit, Lisa Daniely, Karel Stepanek, Cyril Cusack full cast
Genre(s): Thrillers
Duration: 84 mins
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