The Way Ahead (The Immortal Battalion) (1944)
Average Rating: 7.2/10
Reviews Counted: 8
Fresh: 8 | Rotten: 0
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The Immortal Battalion has a bit of a convoluted history. It started life as a training film, The New Lot, which ran 44 minutes. When Winston Churchill approached David Niven about creating a film that would do for the British Army what In Which We Serve had done for the Royal Navy, he contacted Carol Reed and suggested expanding The New Lot. The result, written by Eric Ambler and Peter Ustinov, was the acclaimed The Way Ahead. For its U.S. release, Way Ahead was edited to a shorter length and
Jun 3, 1945 Wide
Cast
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David Niven
Lieutenant Jim Perry -
Raymond Huntley
Davenport -
William Hartnell
Sergeant Fletcher -
Stanley Holloway
Brewer -
James Donald
Lloyd -
Leo Genn
Company Commander -
John Laurie
Luke -
Leslie Dwyer
Side Beck -
Hugh Burden
Parsons -
Jimmy Hanley
Stainer -
Peter Ustinov
Rispoli -
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Renée Ashershon
Marjorie Gillingham -
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Penelope Dudley-Ward
Mrs. Perry -
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Alf Goddard
Instructor -
Trevor Howard
Officer -
Mary Jerrold
Mrs. Gillingham -
Raymond Lovell
Garage Proprietor -
A.E. Matthews
Col. Walmsley -
George Merritt
Sgt. Maj. -
Tessie O'Shea
Herself -
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Reginald Tate
Commanding Officer -
Jack Watling
Marjorie's Boy Friend -
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All Critics (8) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (9) | Rotten (0) | DVD (1)
Direction by Carol Reed is competent, and undoubtedly accounts for the underlying genuineness of the picture as a semi-documentary.
A warm and touching tribute to the British Army infantryman.
Despite a framework which stresses regimental traditions and military valour, the film's celebration of the ordinary man as soldier leaves a residue of radicalism.
Top CriticBracing, spirited and lovely.
One must rely on one's fellow man to get through; no one can go it alone; no one needs to go it alone.
Carol Reed directed this 1944 war film from a script by Eric Ambler and Peter Ustinov.
A rousing flag-waving war drama about the British Army, that was shot during the war and grew out of being a training film.
Captain Reed directs his superb cast headed by Colonel Niven in a film of humour and integrity.
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