Mandy

Mandy was a 1952 Ealing Studios film, based on the book The Day Is Ours by Hilda Lewis, with screenplay by Nigel Balchin and Jack Whittingham, and direction by Alexander Mackendrick and Fred Sears. Another title for the film was Crash of Silence. The film was released in the US as The Story of Mandy. The film starred Phyllis Calvert, Jack Hawkins, Terence Morgan, Godfrey Tearle, Mandy Miller, Nancy Price and featured the first film appearance by ... More

Initial release date:

  • Jul 1952

Runtime:

  • 1 h 33 min

Also known as:

  • The Story of Mandy,
  • Crash of Silence

Film

Directed by

Alexander Mackendrick

Alexander Mackendrick (September 8, 1912 - December 22, 1993) was a Scottish American director and teacher. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts and later...

Fred F. Sears

Frederick Francis Sears (July 7, 1913 – 1957) was an American film actor and director. Though a marginalized figure in 1950s cinema, he created 52 feature...

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  • 1 h 33 min

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Awards

BAFTA Award for Best British Actress Nominees

Appears in ranked lists:

List Rank Year Note
  • 1,719
  • Apr 25, 2010
  • 6.5

The Movie List: the first 9200 of 2010-04-25

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