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State Secret (The Great Manhunt)

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Original title

State Secretaka

AKA

The Great Manhunt

Year

1950

Running time

104 min.

Country

United Kingdom

Director

Sidney Gilliat

Screenwriter

Sidney Gilliat. Novel: Roy Huggins

Cast

Music

William Alwyn

Cinematography

Robert Krasker (B&W)

Producer

London Films

Genre

Drama. Romance. Thriller

Synopsis

Visiting in England, famed American surgeon Doctor John Marlowe is decoyed to a middle European country, and discovers the operation he is to perform is on the Vosnian dictator. When the latter dies, he is replaced by a look-alike, but Marlowe is the object of a shoot-to-kill, vicious pursuit by the secret police of Vosnia since it is vital to Vosnia that the dictator's death does not become known. Fleeing, he seeks help from an English-speaking actress, Lisa Robinson, and the two are harried across the countryside before being captured. (Produced by the British team of Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat "in association with London Films" and released in the U.S. by Columbia Pictures Corporation.)

Awards: 1950: BAFTA Awards: Nominated for Best British Film

1950: Venice Film Festival: nominated to Golden Lion - Best Picture.

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State Secret (The Great Manhunt)

1950

Sidney Gilliat

6.7

(89)