The Next of Kin (1942)
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.
Director: Thorold Dickinson
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Mervyn Johns as No 23: Mr Davis |
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Nova Pilbeam as Beppie Leemans |
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Reginald Tate as Maj. Richards |
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John Chandos as No 16 |
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Stephen Murray as Mr. Barratt |
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Jack Hawkins as Brigade Major Harcourt |
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Geoffrey Hibbert as Pvt. John |
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Philip Friend as Lt. Cummins |
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Phyllis Stanley as Miss Clare |
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Mary Clare as Mrs. Webster |
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Basil Sydney as Naval captain |
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Joss Ambler as Mr Vemon |
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Brefni O'Rorke as Brigadier Blunt |
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Alexander Field as Pvt. Durnford |
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David Hutcheson as Intelligence officer |
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Torin Thatcher as German General |
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Thora Hird as ATS drover with puncture |
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Frederick Leister as Colonel |
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Charles Victor as Neutral Seaman - Irish Joe |
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Richard Norris as Pvt. Jimmy |
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Guy Maas as The Frenchman - Captain Mercier |
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Basil Radford as Careless Talker on Train |
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Naunton Wayne as Careless Talker on Train |
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Johnnie Schofield as Lance-Corporal |
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Frank Allenby as Wing-Cmdr. Kenton |
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Victor Beaumont as German Colonel (uncredited) |
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Mark Daly as Corporal on Train (uncredited) |
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Ian Fleming as Naval Officer (uncredited) |
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Hal Gordon as Builder's Labourer (uncredited) |
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James Knight as Sailor on Train (uncredited) |
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Charles Rolfe as Mr. Palmer (uncredited) |
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Jack Sharp as Warden (uncredited) |
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George Street as Inspector Jolly (uncredited) |
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Guy Verney as Soldier in Buffet Car (uncredited) |
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H Victor Weske as Ted (uncredited) |
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John Williams as General Cooper (uncredited) |
| Directing | Thorold Dickinson | Director |
| Writing | Thorold Dickinson | Writer |
| Writing | Basil Bartlett | Writer |
| Writing | John Dighton | Writer |
| Writing | Angus MacPhail | Writer |
| Production | Michael Balcon | Producer |
| Camera | Ernest Palmer | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Ray Pitt | Editor |
| Art | Thomas N. Morahan | Art Direction |
| Sound | Ernest Irving | Music Director |
| Sound | Norman Daines | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | William Walton | Original Music Composer |
