The Man in Grey

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.

The Man in Grey
Film poster
Directed byLeslie Arliss
Written byMargaret Kennedy
Doreen Montgomery
Leslie Arliss
Based onThe Man in Grey
1941 novel
by Eleanor Smith
Produced byEdward Black
StarringMargaret Lockwood
James Mason
Phyllis Calvert
Stewart Granger
CinematographyArthur Crabtree
Edited byR. E. Dearing
Music byCedric Mallabey
Production
company
Distributed byGFD
Release date
  • 23 August 1943 (1943-08-23)
Running time
116 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£90,000 or £95,000
Box officeover £300,000 (UK)
1,138,145 admissions (France)

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.

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