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Director
  
Lance Comfort

Genres
  
Thriller, Crime Fiction

Language
  
English

6.2/10
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Cinematography
  
Stanley Pavey

Duration
  

Country
  
United Kingdom

The Man in the Road movie poster

Writer
  
Anthony Armstrong
,
Guy Morgan

Release date
  
March 1956

Cast
  
Derek Farr
(Ivan Mason / Dr. James Paxton),
Ella Raines
(Rhona Ellison),
Donald Wolfit
(Prof. Cattrell),
Lisa Daniely
(Nurse Mitzi),
Bruce Beeby
(Dr. Manning),
Russell Napier
(Scotland Yard Supt. Davidson)

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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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The Man in the Road is a 1956 British thriller film directed by Lance Comfort and starring Derek Farr, Ella Raines, Donald Wolfit and Cyril Cusack. It was based on a popular contemporary novel He Was Found in the Road by Anthony Armstrong.

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Plot summary

A brilliant scientist suffering from amnesia is hunted by Communist agents in search of a secret formula.

Cast

  • Derek Farr - Ivan Mason/Doctor James Paxton
  • Ella Raines - Rhona Ellison
  • Donald Wolfit - Professor Cattrell
  • Lisa Daniely - Nurse Mitzi
  • Bruce Beeby - Doctor Manning
  • Russell Napier - Scotland Yard Supt. Davidson
  • Cyril Cusack - Doctor Kelly
  • Frederick Piper - Inspector Hayman
  • Karel Stepanek - Dmitri Balinkev
  • Olive Sloane - Mrs Lemming, the landlady
  • Alfred Maron - Ambulance driver
  • John Welsh - Employer

    • Critical reception

  • Britmovie called the film a "fast-paced, implausible, but engrossing Cold War spy thriller."
  • TV Guide wrote, "the complicated plot never really amounts to anything more than predictable propaganda, though a capable cast handles the material in a professional and convincing manner."

    • References

    The Man in the Road Wikipedia
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