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.
Carol Reed
Casts & Crew
David Niven
Stanley Holloway
James Donald
John Laurie
Leslie Dwyer
Hugh Burden
Raymond Huntley
Jimmy Hanley
William Hartnell
Reginald Tate
Leo Genn
John Ruddock
A. Bromley Davenport
Renée Asherson
Mary Jerrold
Raymond Lovell
Jack Watling
Peter Ustinov
Lloyd Pearson
Penelope Dudley-Ward
Esma Cannon
Eileen Erskine
Grace Arnold
Tessie O'Shea
Trevor Howard
George Merritt
Tracy Reed
A.E. Matthews
John Boxer
Peggy Carlisle
Alf Goddard
David Hutcheson
Benita Lydal
Andreas Malandrinos
John Salew
Johnnie Schofield
Winifred Willard
Ben Williams
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