The Way Ahead Page #12

Synopsis: A group of conscripts are called up into the infantry during WWII. At first they appear a hopeless bunch but their sergeant and Lieutenant have faith in them and mould them into a good team. When they go into action in N. Africa they realise what it's all about.
Genre: Drama, War
Director(s): Carol Reed
Production: VCI Entertainment
  1 win.
 
IMDB:
7.1
Rotten Tomatoes:
100%
APPROVED
Year:
1944
91 min
Website
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If you lay down your arms,

we promise you good treatment and food!

Who the hell does he think he's talking to?

- Yeah, that's right.

- What a nerve!

I await your immediate reply!

I'd like to take a pot at him.

Beck, tell him in German to go to hell.

Can you hear me?

Yes! Your answer, quick!

Wollen Sie so gut sein in Dei...

In Dei...

Sorry, sir, I've forgotten the German for

hell. I've never had to use it much.

He knows English.

Go to hell!

- Everybody OK?

- Yes, thank you, sir.

Feeling a bit hungry, sir.

Breakfast may be a little

late this morning.

All right, Brewer? Plenty to grumble about?

- Yes, thank you, sir.

- Good.

Jimmy, this is what we're going to do.

- Is that clear?

- Right.

Lloyd! Lloyd, we're going in!

Start from here when the smoke comes down!

- Did you get that?

- Yes, sir.

I'll go and see the other sections.

Here it is.

I'm sorry I forgot the

German for hell, sir.

It's Hlle.

That's all right, Beck.

Come on, lads.

Once more for the day

you missed on the exercise.

Military March

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Eric Ambler

Eric Clifford Ambler OBE (28 June 1909 – 22 October 1998) was an influential British author of thrillers, in particular spy novels, who introduced a new realism to the genre. He also worked as a screenwriter. Ambler used the pseudonym Eliot Reed for books co-written with Charles Rodda. more…

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