Three Brave Men

Three Brave Men
Theatrical release poster
Directed byPhilip Dunne
Written byPhilip Dunne
Based onarticles by Anthony Lewis
Produced byHerbert Bayard Swope
StarringRay Milland
Ernest Borgnine
Frank Lovejoy
CinematographyCharles G. Clarke
Edited byDavid Bretherton
Music byHans J. Salter
Production
company
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release date
  • December 1956 (1956-12)
Running time
88 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1,050,000

Three Brave Men is a 1956 American drama film directed by Philip Dunne and starring Ray Milland, Ernest Borgnine and Frank Lovejoy.

The film was based on real-life events arising in Greenbelt, Maryland, the investigation of Abraham Chasanow, a U.S. government employee, as a security risk in 1954-55. Bosley Crowther in The New York Times called the film a "plainly pussyfooting picture" in which "the obvious point of the real-life drama is avoided and an imaginary target is devised." The film assigned blame to a vague personal enemy and local gossips while the role of those responsible for the investigation, in his view, was "sweetly glossed". Chasanow's name in the film is Bernie Goldsmith. Chasanow served as an adviser on the film.