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The Way Ahead

From Workers — To Warriors

6.4 / 10

115 minutes

1944-06-09

German

GB

Actors :

David Niven, Stanley Holloway, James Donald, John Laurie, Leslie Dwyer, Hugh Burden, Raymond Huntley, Jimmy Hanley, William Hartnell, Reginald Tate, Leo Genn, John Ruddock, A. Bromley Davenport, Renée Asherson, Mary Jerrold

Description

A mismatched collection of conscripted civilians find training tough under Lieutenant Jim Perry and Sergeant Ned Fletcher when they are called up to replace an infantry battalion that had suffered casualties at Dunkirk.

Reviews

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

6/30/2022, 8:44:12 PM

David Niven heads the cast in this engagingly quirky tale that amusingly and poignantly depicts just how the British Army managed to fight during WWII. He is the officer in charge of a collection of men of all ages and from many different backgrounds as they are slowly, but surely, coaxed, cajoled and bullied into a fighting unit that has cohesion, loyalty and friendship. Their training regime wou...