The Next of Kin (1942)

06/15/1942Drama, War, Thriller, Mystery1h 42m
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Lots of slogans such as "Be like Dad, Keep Mum" and "Keep it under your Hat" are visible on the walls in various scenes to reinforce the plot of this British wartime movie illustrating how gossipy talk can result in unknowingly giving valuable information to Nazi spies.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Mervyn Johns

    No 23: Mr Davis

  2. Cast 1

    Nova Pilbeam

    Beppie Leemans

  3. Cast 1

    Reginald Tate

    Maj. Richards

  4. John Chandos

    No 16

  5. Stephen Murray

    Mr. Barratt

  6. Cast 1

    Jack Hawkins

    Brigade Major Harcourt

  7. Geoffrey Hibbert

    Pvt. John

  8. Cast 1

    Philip Friend

    Lt. Cummins

  9. Cast 1

    Phyllis Stanley

    Miss Clare

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 ...

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Original LanguageEnglish 

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