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The Next of Kin

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Plot

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.

Cast

Mervyn Johns as No 23: Mr Davis
Mervyn Johns

as No 23: Mr Davis

Nova Pilbeam as Beppie Leemans
Nova Pilbeam

as Beppie Leemans

Reginald Tate as Maj. Richards
Reginald Tate

as Maj. Richards

John Chandos as No 16
John Chandos

as No 16

Stephen Murray as Mr. Barratt
Stephen Murray

as Mr. Barratt

Jack Hawkins as Brigade Major Harcourt
Jack Hawkins

as Brigade Major Harcourt

Geoffrey Hibbert as Pvt. John
Geoffrey Hibbert

as Pvt. John

Philip Friend as Lt. Cummins
Philip Friend

as Lt. Cummins

Phyllis Stanley as Miss Clare
Phyllis Stanley

as Miss Clare

Mary Clare as Mrs. Webster
Mary Clare

as Mrs. Webster

Movie Facts

Rated

  • Approved

Status

  • Released

Release Date

  • June 15, 1942

Production Companies

  • Army Kinematograph Service

  • Ealing Studios

Production Countries

  • United Kingdom

Spoken Language

    Budget

    • $0.00

    Revenue

    • -

    Runtime

    • 1.70 hrs

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    This isn't so much an action film, as a series of scenarios that convey a message to the watching public that "careless talk costs lives". It started out life as a training film and you can tell by the rather clunky editing that director Thorold Dickinson was thinking on his feet as this project aimed at the military grew into a very important, and effective, counter-espionage tool. It's got quit…