Mervyn Johns

Nova Pilbeam

Reginald Tate

John Chandos

Stephen Murray

Jack Hawkins

Geoffrey Hibbert

Philip Friend

Phyllis Stanley

Mary Clare

Basil Sydney

Joss Ambler

Brefni O'Rorke

Alexander Field

David Hutcheson

Torin Thatcher

Thora Hird

Frederick Leister

Charles Victor

Richard Norris

Guy Maas

Basil Radford

Naunton Wayne

Johnnie Schofield

Frank Allenby

Victor Beaumont

Mark Daly

Ian Fleming

Hal Gordon

James Knight

Charles Rolfe

Jack Sharp

George Street

Guy Verney

H Victor Weske

John Williams

Thorold Dickinson

Basil Bartlett

John Dighton

Angus MacPhail

Michael Balcon

Ernest Palmer

Ray Pitt

Thomas N. Morahan

Ernest Irving

Norman Daines

William Walton

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Thriller

Mystery

The Next of Kin

Army Kinematograph Service

Ealing Studios

United Kingdom

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This isn't so much an action film, as a series of scenarios that convey a message to the watching public that "careless talk costs lives". It started out life as a training film and you can tell by the rather clunky editing that director Thorold Dickinson was thinking on his feet as this project aimed at the military grew into a very important, and effective, counter-espionage tool. It's got quite a formidable cast of serving (or reservist) soldiers including Mervyn Johns, Jack Hawkins, Stephen Murray, Basil Sydney as well as Torin Thatcher in his typical role as the baddie; and the narrative weaves threads that cleverly expose just how easily the enemy got hold of information and capitalised on it. It uses actuality from time to time, and has a strange sort of excitement especially as the climaxes to each thread are not always favourable to the British which also lends it a considerable authenticity. There is a bit of wartime black humour to enjoy too, and though a curious film to watch, it has an unique plausibility which I found interesting, and to an extent, quite enjoyable.

The Next of Kin

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