The W Plan (1930)
A tense WWI spy thriller in which Colonel Duncan Grant (British star Brian Aherne, in his first talking role), parachutes into Germany to gather intelligence on the enemy’s secret ‘W Plan’ and to assist Allied POWs in digging escape tunnels.
Director: Victor Saville
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Brian Aherne as Col. Duncan Grant |
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George Merritt as Ulrich Muller |
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C.M. Hallard as Commander-in-Chief |
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Frederick Lloyd as Col. Jervois |
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B. Gregory as Flight Commander Mayne |
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Mary Jerrold as Frau Muller |
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Madeleine Carroll as Rosa Hartmann |
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Clifford Heatherley as Proprietor |
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Austin Trevor as Captain of Military Police |
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Norah Howard as Lady of the Town |
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Cameron Carr as Otto Cedern |
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Milton Rosmer as President of Court Martial |
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Alfred Drayton as Prosecutor |
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Charles Paton as Defence Counsel |
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Wilhelm König as Prison Commandant |
| Directing | Marjorie Gaffney | Assistant Director |
| Writing | Frank Launder | Writer |
| Editing | Maclean Rogers | Editor |
| Writing | Miles Malleson | Writer |
| Production | Victor Saville | Producer |
| Writing | Victor Saville | Writer |
| Directing | Victor Saville | Director |
| Art | Hugh Gee | Art Direction |
| Crew | D.F. Scanlon | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | John Reynders | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Graham Seton | Novel |
| Camera | Freddie Young | Director of Photography |
| Camera | René Guissart | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Werner Brandes | Director of Photography |
