Product Information
Originally intended as a training film this, in parts humorous, war story, based on a screenplay by Eric Ambler and Peter Ustinov, tells of the light-hearted tomfoolery which soon gives way to the grim realities of life on the most dangerous battlegrounds of the Second World War.Product Identifiers
EAN5037115061232
eBay Product ID (ePID)3944380
Product Key Features
ActorStanley Holloway, John Laurie, David Niven, Jimmy Hanley, William Hartnell
Film/TV TitleThe Way Ahead
DirectorCarol Reed
FormatDVD
Release Year2004
LanguageEnglish
FeaturesBlack & White, Closed Caption
GenreWar
Additional Product Features
CertificateU
Number of Discs1
Hearing ImpairedEnglish
ReviewsSunday Times - "...To be admired and recommended for its direction, its writing and its playing..." (Dilys Powell)
Additional InformationBoasting a script by Eric Ambler and Peter Ustinov, THE WAY AHEAD is a rousing version of a familiar WWII genre: An officer must hammer a small group of disparate characters into an effective fighting unit as quickly as possible. David Niven stars as tough-minded Lieutenant Jim Perry, putting a reluctant and sometimes comically inept group of raw recruits through fantastically realistic basic-training exercises. When the troops hit the beaches of North Africa, they finally begin to understand the purpose behind their training.
Sound sourceMono
Format DescriptionDVD 5
Movie/TV TitleThe Way Ahead