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Who Goes Next?

1938 | 85m | English

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During the First World War, a number of captured British officers attempt to escape a prisoner-of-war camp.
Release Date: Mar 01, 1938
Director: Maurice Elvey
Writer: Reginald Simpson, J.W. Drawbell
Genres: War
Keywords prisoner of war, world war i
Production Companies 20th Century Fox
Box Office Revenue: $0
Budget: $0
Updates Updated: May 07, 2024
Entered: Apr 30, 2024
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Maurice Elvey Director
Ronald Neame Cinematography
Reginald Simpson Writer
J.W. Drawbell Writer
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Geronimo1967
6.0

I think maybe Maurice Elvey could be accused here of trying to merge too many storylines into what could have been quite an efficient little great escape caper. Set during the Great War, we find "Hamilton" (an adequate Barry K. Barnes) swapping the delights of life in the sodden and perilous trenche ... s for one in a POW camp where, together with loads of his compatriots, they focus on trying to escape. They find loads of innovative ways of not just digging a tunnel but of covering their tracks whilst under the slightly over-egged supervision of Meinhart Maur's camp commandant. Meantime, we discover that his beloved wife "Sarah" (Sophie Stewart) had an assignation at home with the caddish "Beck" (a wooden as a board Jack Hawkins) and that, for me anyway, introduces a degree of flashback-presented melodrama that the adventure aspects of this film just didn't need. At times it's quite a potent reflection on the conditions and attitudes at the time, and the stiff upper lip characterisations ring true now and again, but there are too many contrived attempts at comedy and maybe just one stereotype too many. It's based on a real event, though, and is worth a watch if only because it's clear that the next war was already on the horizon as this hit the screens!

Nov 03, 2023