The New Lot

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The New Lot
The New Lot film Opening titles (1943).jpg
Directed by Carol Reed
Written by Peter Ustinov
Eric Ambler
Starring Eric Ambler
Robert Donat
Kathleen Harrison
Production
company
Running time
42 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The New Lot is a 1943 British military training drama-documentary film directed by Carol Reed and starring Eric Ambler, Robert Donat, Kathleen Harrison, Bernard Lee, Raymond Huntley, John Laurie, Peter Ustinov and Austin Trevor, with music by Richard Addinsell. It was written by Ustinov and Ambler. [1]

Contents

It was made for the Army Kinematograph Service, and follows five new conscripts from different backgrounds through their initial army training. [2] [3]

The film's only on-screen credits are: "Supervised by an Officer appointed by the General Staff; Produced for the Directorate of Army Kinematography; Approved January 1943; AKS Production". [2]

The film was later expanded and remade as The Way Ahead (1944), co-written by Ambler and Ustinov, directed by Carol Reed, and starring David Niven. [4] Huntley and Laurie reprised essentially the same roles, while Ustinov played a different part.

Cast

None of the cast is credited on-screen. This cast list is sourced from the BFI. [1] [5]

References

  1. 1 2 "The New Lot". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
  2. 1 2 "The New Lot (1943)". BFI. Archived from the original on 29 November 2007.
  3. ↑ Nelmes, Jill (12 March 2012). Introduction to Film Studies. Routledge. ISBN   9781136777141 – via Google Books.
  4. ↑ "BFI Screenonline: New Lot, The (1943)". www.screenonline.org.uk.
  5. ↑ Smither, Roger (1 April 1997). "New Restoration Projects: The New Lot Renewed". Journal of Film Preservation (54): 21–26.


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