The Way Ahead

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.

Cast

David Niven

as Lieutenant Jim Perry

Stanley Holloway

as Pvt. Ted Brewer

James Donald

as Pvt. Evans Lloyd

John Laurie

as Pvt. Luke

Leslie Dwyer

as Pvt. Sid Beck

Hugh Burden

as Pvt. Bill Parsons

Raymond Huntley

as Pvt. Herbert Davenport

Jimmy Hanley

as Pvt. Geoffrey Stainer

William Hartnell

as Sgt. Ned Fletcher

Reginald Tate

as The Training Company Commanding Officer

Reviews

CinemaSerf

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 a...

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