The Way Ahead (1944)

The Way Ahead is a British Second World War drama released in 1944. It stars David Niven and Stanley Holloway and follows a group of civilians who are conscripted into the British Army to fight in North Africa. In the U.S., an edited version was released as The Immortal Battalion.

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Cast:

• Grace Arnold
• Hugh Burden
• Esma Cannon
• A. Bromley Davenport
• James Donald
• Penelope Dudley-Ward
• Leslie Dwyer
• Eileen Erskine
• Leo Genn
• Jimmy Hanley
• William Hartnell
• Stanley Holloway
• Raymond Huntley
• Mary Jerrold
• John Laurie
• Raymond Lovell
• A.E. Matthews
• David Niven
• Tessie O'Shea
• Lloyd Pearson
• Renée Asherson
• John Ruddock
• Reginald Tate
• Peter Ustinov
• Jack Watling