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7 November 1930 (USA)
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The First World War; a British Army platoon are delighted to be assigned to a quiet area of the trenches..front line...
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A great, forgotten film
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(Credited cast) | Mickey Brantford | ... | Pvt. Pettigrew |
| Cyril McLaglen | ... | Cyril McClusky |
| Jack Raine | ... | Capt. Wilson |
| Hay Petrie | ... | Scruffy |
| Fred Groves | ... | Pvt. Lomax |
| Percy Parsons | ... | Pvt. Brett |
| Syd Crossley | ... | Cpl. Brown |
| Hamilton Keene | ... | Officer |
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75 min
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First feature of Hay Petrie.
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Most obviously comparable with Journey's End, this film, largely set in a front-line dug-out in the British trenches of WW1, is actually quite different; this platoon is a real mixed bunch, from the tyro new, young, raw recruit to the old BEF veteran, played magnificently by the perennially underrated Hay Petrie as somewhere between the Old Bill of the Bairnsfather cartoons, and the Private Baldrick of Blackadder Goes Forth...and he steals the film completely. But this is a psychological thriller...the tension inexorably rises as the frayed nerves of the platoon (at night they are haunted by the sounds of German miners, working below to undermine the trench system)leads to squabbles, then fighting, and real terror...
This is a very early sound film, so, as was typical, some of the acting tends towards the theatrical...but you do get swept up into the film, and the creation of, well, 'Suspense' is still highly effective. Highly recommended, if you ever get the chance...