Who Goes Next?

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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

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