The Way Ahead

• 6.4 Drama
• 1944-06-09
• 115 minutes mins

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.

Starring:

David Niven (Lieutenant Jim Perry) Stanley Holloway (Pvt. Ted Brewer) James Donald (Pvt. Evans Lloyd) John Laurie (Pvt. Luke) Leslie Dwyer (Pvt. Sid Beck) Hugh Burden (Pvt. Bill Parsons) Raymond Huntley (Pvt. Herbert Davenport) Jimmy Hanley (Pvt. Geoffrey Stainer) William Hartnell (Sgt. Ned Fletcher) Reginald Tate (The Training Company Commanding Officer)

Director:

Carol Reed

Writer:

Eric Ambler Peter Ustinov