The Man in Grey
1943 film by Leslie Arliss / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with the 1921 historical novel by Thomas Dixon Jr..
The Man in Grey is a 1943 British film melodrama made by Gainsborough Pictures; it is considered to be the first of a series of period costume dramas now known as the "Gainsborough melodramas". It was directed by Leslie Arliss and produced by Edward Black from a screenplay by Arliss and Margaret Kennedy that was adapted by Doreen Montgomery from the 1941 novel The Man in Grey by Eleanor Smith. The film's sets were designed by Walter Murton.
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Directed by | Leslie Arliss |
Written by | Margaret Kennedy Doreen Montgomery Leslie Arliss |
Based on | The Man in Grey 1941 novel by Eleanor Smith |
Produced by | Edward Black |
Starring | Margaret Lockwood James Mason Phyllis Calvert Stewart Granger |
Cinematography | Arthur Crabtree |
Edited by | R. E. Dearing |
Music by | Cedric Mallabey |
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Distributed by | GFD |
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Running time | 116 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Budget | £90,000[1][2] or £95,000[3] |
Box office | over £300,000 (UK)[4] 1,138,145 admissions (France)[5] |
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The picture stars Margaret Lockwood, Phyllis Calvert, James Mason, Stewart Granger and Martita Hunt. It melds elements of the successful "women's pictures" of the time with distinctive new elements.