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Man in the Middle

1964 · 93 min

A sober, talky courtroom drama in a sweltering jungle outpost, quietly tightening the screws as one man pushes against institutional stonewalling.

Tagline: The most unusual chain of events that ever held your emotions at gun point.
Overview: In a remote jungle outpost in the Far Eastern theater of World War II, a hotheaded American soldier murders an allied British sergeant in cold blood. Stalwart American Lt. Colonel Barney Adams (Mitchum) is dispatched to defend him in the ensuing court martial. But when Lt. Adams starts encountering roadblocks in his search for evidence, and his key witnesses start disappearing one after another, he soon realizes he's merely a pawn in a mysterious conspiracy that could extend to the highest levels of military power.
How it feels: Tense, earnest, dark and cynical. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Justice, morality, corruption, power
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: justice
morality
corruption
power
race
Places: military
wilderness
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: procedural
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild