Man in the Middle (1963)

Directors

Guy Hamilton

Cast

Robert Mitchum, France Nuyen, Barry Sullivan, Trevor Howard

The story

Friction develops between American and British troops stationed in India during World War II and fights break out between the troops when, in 1944, American 2nd Lieutenant Winston shoots unarmed British Staff Sergeant Quinn several times, seemingly without provocation, in front of 11 witnesses. American General Kempton assigns Lieutenant Colonel Barney Adams to defend Winston at his court-martial because, even though everyone thinks it is an open-and-shut case, the general wants Adams to put up a vigorous defence. He is to make it clear that the verdict is not simply a sop to reduce tensions between the two armies before an offensive…

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