The Next of Kin
The Next of Kin
Release: 1942-06-15
·Runtime: 102m
·★ 5.1
Drama
War
Thriller
Mystery
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.
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Production Companies
Army Kinematograph Service
Ealing Studios
Cast
Frank Allenby
as Wing-Cmdr. Kenton
David Hutcheson
as Intelligence officer
Frederick Leister
as Colonel
John Williams
as General Cooper (uncredited)
Mervyn Johns
as No 23: Mr Davis
Phyllis Stanley
as Miss Clare
Torin Thatcher
as German General
Ian Fleming
as Naval Officer (uncredited)
Philip Friend
as Lt. Cummins
Mary Clare
as Mrs. Webster
Charles Victor
as Neutral Seaman - Irish Joe
Guy Verney
as Soldier in Buffet Car (uncredited)
Nova Pilbeam
as Beppie Leemans
Brefni O'Rorke
as Brigadier Blunt
Johnnie Schofield
as Lance-Corporal
Joss Ambler
as Mr Vemon
Thora Hird
as ATS drover with puncture
Naunton Wayne
as Careless Talker on Train
Reginald Tate
as Maj. Richards
Jack Hawkins
as Brigade Major Harcourt
Basil Sydney
as Naval captain
Basil Radford
as Careless Talker on Train
