THE WAY AHEAD
Carol Reed’s typically meticulous research adds a sense of gritty realism to this vivid, stirring account of a WWII British combat unit undergoing basic training. David Niven stars as Lieutenant Jim Perry, a former pump jockey who realizes he needs to take a tough line with the ragged, widely divergent bunch of civilian conscripts under his command, as he and Sergeant Brewer (William Hartnell) try to prepare them for combat with Rommel’s Afrika Korps.
Year of production: 1944
Country: United Kingdom
Duration: 115 minutes
Credits
- Carol REED Director
- Eric AMBLER Screenplay
- Peter USTINOV Screenplay
- Guy GREEN Cinematography
- David RAWNSLEY Production Design
- William ALWYN Music
- Fergus MCDONELL Editing
- Desmond DEW Sound
Casting
- William HARTNELL Sgt. Ned Fletcher
- Stanley HOLLOWAY Pvt. Jim Brewer
- James DONALD Pvt. Lloyd
- David NIVEN Lt. Jim perry
- John LAURIE Pvt. Luke
- Renee ASHERSON Marjorie Gillingham
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