The New Lot (1943)
43m
Running Time
January 1, 1943Release Date
Plot.
A new batch of Army recruits, from diverse backgrounds and with varying degrees of commitment, is shaped into an efficient fighting unit.
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Cast & Crew.
John Laurie
Harry Fyfe
Bernard Miles
Ted Loman
Peter Ustinov
Keith / Writer
Raymond Huntley
Barrington
Philip Godfrey
Art Wallace
Geoffrey Keen
Corporal
Robert Donat
Actor
Eric Ambler
Bren Gun Instructor / Writer
Ivor Barnard
Photographer
Ian Fleming
Medical Officer
Mike Johnson
Railway Porter
Kathleen Harrison
Keith's Mother
Bryan Herbert
Soldier
Mike Johnson
Railway Porter
Bernard Lee
Interviewing Officer
Albert Lieven
Czech Soldier
Details.
This Movie Is About.
british army
new recruit
Wiki.
The New Lot is a 1943 British drama film directed by Carol Reed and starring Eric Ambler, Robert Donat, Kathleen Harrison, Bernard Lee, Raymond Huntley, John Laurie, Peter Ustinov and Austin Trevor, with music by Richard Addinsell. It is a short training film made for the Army Kinematograph Service, which follows five new draftees from different backgrounds through their initial army training.
The film was later expanded and remade as The Way Ahead, co-written by Ambler and Ustinov, directed by Carol Reed, and starring David Niven.