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Who Goes Next?
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Wikipedia article
'Who Goes Next?' is a 1938 British war drama film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Barry K. Barnes, Sophie Stewart and Jack Hawkins.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090114082524/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/57979 BFI.org] The story was inspired by the real-life escape of 29 officers through a tunnel from Holzminden prisoner-of-war camp in Lower Saxony, Germany, in July 1918.
Premise
During the First World War, a number of captured British officers attempt to escape from a prisoner-of-war camp.
Main cast
* Barry K. Barnes as Maj. Hamilton
* Sophie Stewart as Sarah Hamilton
* Jack Hawkins as Capt. Beck
* Charles Eaton as Capt. Royde
* Andrew Osborn as F/O Stevens
* Frank Birch as Capt. Grover
* Roy Findlay as Lt. Williams
* Alastair Macintyre as Lt. Mackenzie
* Meinhart Maur as Commandant
Production
The film was made at Wembley Studios by Twentieth Century Fox.Wood p.99. It was a more expensive production than the quota quickie releases that Fox had previously been making at Wembley.Low p.260.
References
Bibliography
* Low, Rachael. 'Filmmaking in 1930s Britain'. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
* Wood, Linda. 'British Films, 19271939'. British Film Institute, 1986.
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