The Harassed Hero

{{short description|1954 film}}

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{{Use British English|date=May 2016}}

{{Infobox film

| name = The Harassed Hero

| image = "The_Harassed_Hero"_(1954).jpg

| caption = Guy Middleton and Joan Winmill Brown

| director = Maurice Elvey

| producer = Clive Nicholas

| writer = Brock Williams

| based_on = The Harassed Hero by Ernest Dudley

| narrator =

| starring = Guy Middleton
Joan Winmill Brown
Elwyn Brook-Jones

| cinematography = Hone Glendinning

| music = Frank Chacksfield

| editing = Anne Barker

| studio = Corsair Pictures

| distributor = Associated British-Pathé

| released = {{Film date|1954|07|26|df=yes}}

| runtime = 61 minutes

| country = United Kingdom

| language = English

| budget =

}}

The Harassed Hero is a 1954 British comedy film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Guy Middleton, Joan Winmill Brown and Elwyn Brook-Jones.{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/35811|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090115155413/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/35811|url-status=dead|archive-date=2009-01-15|title=The Harassed Hero (1954)|publisher=British Film Institute}} It was based on a novel of the same name by Ernest Dudley.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Yyqc0Qa6b60C&q=the+harassed+hero+1954&pg=PA136|title=The complete index to literary sources in film|date=1999|others=Alan Goble|isbn=978-3-11-095194-3|location=London|oclc=868959494}} The film was produced as a second featureChibnall & McFarlane p.147 and shot at Walton Studios and on location in London. The film's sets were designed by the art director John Stoll.