May 6th
The Way Ahead**   
(GB 1944)      
Rank/Two Cities. 114m. bw

A Territorial survivor at Dunkirk takes on a ramshackle bunch of civilians who form themselves into a fighting attachment in North Africa.
Entertaining semi-propaganda war drama, the Army's counterpart to In Which We Serve for the Navy and The Way to the Stars for the Air Force, capturing some of the attitudes of conscripted men during the war (amidst the surfeit of 80th anniversary VE Day commemorations this week), with a good cast of enlisted actors playing their part.  

Written by: Eric Ambler, Peter Ustinov.
Producers: John Sutro, Norman Walker, Stanley Haynes.
Director: Carol Reed.
Starring: David Niven, Stanley Holloway, William Hartnell, Hugh Burden, Raymond Huntley, James Donald, Jimmy Hanley, John Laurie, Leslie Dwyer, Penelope Dudley-Ward, Rene Asherson, Jack Watling, Leo Genn, A.E. Matthews, Peter Ustinov, Trevor Howard.
Photography: Guy Green.
Music: William Alwyn.
Editing: Fergus McDonnell.


Preceded by:
Jerky Turkey**
(US 1945. MGM. 7m.; Anarchic semi-satirical vintage Avery cartoon short.; p: Fred Quimby; d: Tex Avery.)