The Way Ahead 1944 123movies

Watch: The Way Ahead 1944 123movies, Full Movie Online – A group of draftees are called up into the infantry during World War II. At first, they appear to be 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 North Africa, they realize what it’s all about..
Plot: A mismatched collection of conscripted civilians find training tough under Lieutenant Jim Perry and Sergeant Ned Fletcher when they are called up to replace an infantry battalion that had suffered casualties at Dunkirk.
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	6.9/10 Votes: 2,051
	100% | RottenTomatoes
	N/A | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 28 Popularity: 5.18 | TMDB

Reviews:

Stars’ war service
Ubercommando compares ‘J Wayne and H Bogart’ unfavourably with the cast of this film who were actually serving in the British forces. Well, what about Clark Gable, James Stewart, Tyrone Power, Alan Ladd, Robert Ryan…there is a long list of top American stars who saw active service. On the other hand many British stars saw fit to stick with the acting. To suggest that, in general, American actors were shirkers while the British were sterling fellows is offensive and untrue. It’s also worth pointing out that many actors who wanted to join up were specifically asked not to on the basis their propaganda value was greater than their value as individual servicemen, so we shouldn’t rush to judgment (and those of us born after the war have no business making judgments anyway.) As to the film, I found it an engrossing account of how men are turned into soldiers. It has much in common with the early episodes of Band of Brothers, although naturally it did not dwell on the horrors of war; after all, the war was still going on and they didn’t want to send potential recruits running for the hills. I recommend it warmly but recognize that it will have little appeal for a lot of people.

What a Film
What a film! It packs a punch even today and one can just imagine what a morale booster it would have been to the war effort for England. Carol Reed as always is top notch in direction and the portrayals by David Niven, Stanley Holloway and in a very small role Peter Ustinov not necessarily in that order is remarkable. Niven I am given to understand was lent out by the army to make this movie which was incidentally scripted by a very young Ustinov. The narrative is simple yet effective. It brings about the story of a collection of men from various parts of British society drafted into the infantry, undergoing training and being bombed out of a troop carrier in the Mediterranean and then being baptised by fire in North Africa after El-Alamein. Top class to say the least. The standouts are the sceptical old-timers who keep following the progress of the war from 1939 to 1942(when the film ends) in the newspapers with their cryptic criticism about the regiment of which they were a part earlier, but in the final scene are obviously impressed by the regiments performance. Reed sees to it that there is no dialogue in this scene but just a close up of the old-timers recording their admiration and approval – Excellent. The final scene where the trainee soldiers fit their bayonets and prepare to attack into the mist is another Reed masterpiece.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 55 min (115 min), 1 hr 31 min (91 min) (USA)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated Approved
Genre Drama, War
Director Carol Reed
Writer Eric Ambler, Peter Ustinov
Actors David Niven, Stanley Holloway, James Donald
Country United Kingdom
Awards 1 win
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Mono (recorded on) (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)
Aspect Ratio 1.37 : 1
Camera N/A
Laboratory N/A
Film Length 3,260 m (UK)
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm