Who Goes Next?
Who Goes Next? | |
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![]() Jack Hawkins and Sophie Stewart | |
Directed by | Maurice Elvey |
Written by | J. W. Drawbell David Evans Lawrence Green |
Produced by | |
Starring | Barry K. Barnes Sophie Stewart Jack Hawkins |
Cinematography | Ronald Neame |
Music by | Colin Wark |
Production company | Twentieth Century-Fox |
Distributed by | Twentieth Century-Fox |
Release date | March 1938 |
Running time | 85 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Who Goes Next? is a 1938 British war drama film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Barry K. Barnes, Sophie Stewart and Jack Hawkins.[1] The story was inspired by the real-life escape of 29 officers through a tunnel from Holzminden prisoner-of-war camp in Lower Saxony, Germany, in July 1918.[2]
Premise[]
During the First World War, a number of captured British officers attempt to escape from a prisoner-of-war camp.
Main cast[]
- Barry K. Barnes as Maj. Hamilton
- Sophie Stewart as Sarah Hamilton
- Jack Hawkins as Capt. Beck
- Charles Eaton as Capt. Royde
- Andrew Osborn as F/O Stevens
- Frank Birch as Capt. Grover
- Roy Findlay as Lt. Williams
- Alastair Macintyre as Lt. Mackenzie
- Meinhart Maur as Commandant
Production[]
The film was made at Wembley Studios by Twentieth Century Fox.[3] It was a more expensive production than the quota quickie releases that Fox had previously been making at Wembley.[4]
References[]
Bibliography[]
- Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
- Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927–1939. British Film Institute, 1986.
External links[]
Categories:
- English-language films
- 1938 films
- 1930s war drama films
- British war drama films
- British films
- Films directed by Maurice Elvey
- World War I prisoner of war films
- 20th Century Fox films
- Films shot at Wembley Studios
- British black-and-white films
- Films set in London
- 1938 drama films
- 1930s British film stubs
- World War I film stubs
- War drama film stubs