''The Straw Man'' is a 1953 British

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directed by Donald Taylor and starring

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, Clifford Evans and Lana Morris. Its storyline focuses on

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. It is based on the 1951 novel '' Straw Man'' by Doris Miles Disney. It was set in and shot partly on location in

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. Film also took place at

Wembley Studios Fountain Studios was an independently owned television studio in Wembley Park, northwest London. The company was last part of the Avesco Group plc. Several companies owned the site before it was bought by Fountain in 1993. Originally a film st ...

. The film's sets were designed by Duncan Sutherland. It was released as a second feature by United Artists.

Cast

References

Bibliography

* Chibnall, Steve & McFarlane, Brian. ''The British 'B' Film''. Palgrave MacMillan, 2009.

External links

* 1953 films British crime films 1953 crime films Films set in Brighton Films shot at Wembley Studios British black-and-white films United Artists films Films based on American novels 1950s English-language films 1950s British films {{1950s-UK-film-stub