Who Goes Next?

Who Goes Next?
Jack Hawkins and Sophie Stewart
Directed by	Maurice Elvey
Written by	J. W. Drawbell David Evans Lawrence Green
Produced by	Ivor McLaren
Starring	Barry K. Barnes Sophie Stewart Jack Hawkins
Cinematography	Ronald Neame
Music by	Colin Wark
Production company	Twentieth Century-Fox
Distributed by	Twentieth Century-Fox
Release date	March 1938 (1938-03)
Running time	85 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Who Goes Next? is a 1938 British war drama film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Barry K. Barnes, Sophie Stewart and Jack Hawkins. ^[1] The story was inspired by the escape of 29 officers through a tunnel from Holzminden prisoner-of-war camp in Lower Saxony, Germany, in July 1918. ^[2]

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. ^[3] It was a more expensive production than the quota quickie releases that Fox had previously been making at Wembley. ^[4]

References

1. BFI.org
2. Hanson 2011, p. 260.
3. Wood 1986, p. 99.
4. Low 1985, p. 260.

Bibliography

• Hanson, Neil (2011). Escape from Germany: The Greatest PoW Break-out of the First World War. London: Doubleday. ISBN   978-0-385-61204-3.
• Low, Rachael (1985). The History of the British Film, 1929–1939: film making in 1930s Britain. London: George Allen & Unwin. ISBN   9780047910425.
• Wood, Linda (1986). British Films, 1927–1939. London: Library Services, British Film Institute. ISBN   9780851701899.

External links

• Who Goes Next? at IMDb