Saturday Night Movie - The Way Ahead 1944.
It is a British wartime propaganda film. It's message is straight forward: It is going to take all of us to win. The movie follows a group of men called up from civilian life. Suddenly thrust into the soldier's life, they don't like it. . .You follow their transformation from whiny recruit to cohesive rifle platoon. Led by their platoon leader David Niven and their platoon sergeant, a pre-war regular, they train and deploy to Tunisia. The movie ends in their first fight against the retreating Afrika Korps.
None of them are wounded or killed. The characters are simple, but the diversity would allow the British wartime audience to find someone they could connect and empathize with. Which is the intent.
Overall a good simple WW2 flick.
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