Man in the Middle vs National Theatre Live: Good
National Theatre Live: Good has the higher audience score (8.5/10 against 6.5/10 for Man in the Middle). Man in the Middle is the shorter watch at 1h 33m compared with 1h 40m. Man in the Middle is the older of the two (1964 against 2023). Both are drama, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Man in the Middle
National Theatre Live: Good| Man in the Middle | National Theatre Live: Good | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.5/10 | ★ 8.5/10 |
| Year | 1964 | 2023 |
| Length | 1h 33m | 1h 40m |
| Genres | Drama, War | Drama, War |
| Country | United Kingdom | – |
| Director | Guy Hamilton | Dominic Cooke |
| Main cast | Sam Wanamaker, Paul Maxwell, Robert Mitchum, Keenan Wynn, France Nuyen | David Tennant, Elliot Levey, Sharon Small, Jim Creighton, Rebecca Bainbridge |
Synopsis
Man in the Middle
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…
National Theatre Live: Good
As the world faces its Second World War, John Halder, a good, intelligent German professor, finds himself pulled into a movement with unthinkable consequences.
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