From Civvies to Commandos: One platoon’s boot camp to battlefield journey against Rommel’s elite!
Lieutenant Jim Perry whips a ragtag group of British conscripts into a fighting force. Their mettle is tested when deployed to North Africa to face the might of Rommel’s Afrika Korps.
Original Title: The Way Ahead (1944) | AKA: Immortal Battalion
B&W version https://youtu.be/XAga7KDuP6M
⭐️ STARRING
Platoon:
David Niven – Lieutenant Jim Perry
William Hartnell – Sergeant Ned Fletcher
Hugh Burden – Private Bill Parsons
James Donald – Private, later Corporal, Evan Lloyd
Leslie Dwyer – Private Sid Beck
Jimmy Hanley – Private Geoffrey Stainer
Stanley Holloway – Private Ted Brewer
Raymond Huntley – Private Herbert Davenport
John Laurie – Private Luke
Wives:
Penelope Ward – Mrs Jim Perry
Grace Arnold – Mrs Ned Fletcher
Esma Cannon – Mrs Ted Brewer
Eileen Erskine – Mrs Bill Parsons
Others:
Peter Ustinov – Rispoli, cafe owner
Reginald Tate – the Training Company Commanding Officer
Leo Genn – Captain Edwards
Renée Asherson – Marjorie Gillingham
Mary Jerrold – Mrs Gillingham
Jack Watling – Sergeant Buster, RAF
Raymond Lovell – Mr Jackson
A. E. Matthews – Colonel Walmsley
Lloyd Pearson – Sam Thyrtle
John Ruddock – Old Chelsea Soldier
🎬 CREW
Directed by Carol Reed (The Third Man)
Written by Eric Ambler & Peter Ustinov
Musical Score by William Alwyn
Cinematography by Guy Green
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War • Drama • Classic • British Cinema • Historical • Adventure
