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The Next of Kin, also known as Next of Kin, is a 1942 Second World War propaganda film produced by Ealing Studios.
The film was originally commissioned by the British War Office as a training film to promote the government propaganda message that "Careless talk costs lives". After being taken on by Ealing Studios, the project was expanded and given a successful commercial release.
After the war and up until at least the mid 1960s, services in British Commonwealth countries continued to use The Next of Kin as part of security training.
Original Release
05/15/1942
US Release
05/05/1943
Cast
Name | Character |
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Mervyn Johns | No. 23 (Mr. Davis) / No 23: Mr Davis |
John Chandos | No. 16 / No 16 |
Nova Pilbeam | Beppie Leemans |
Reginald Tate | Maj. Richards |
Stephen Murray | Mr. Barratt |
Geoffrey Hibbert | Pte. John / Pvt. John |
Philip Friend | Lt. Cummins / Lieut. Cummings |
Phyllis Stanley | Miss Clare - the Dancer / Miss Clare |
Mary Clare | Mrs. 'Ma' Webster / Mrs. Webster |
Basil Sydney |
Directors
Writers
Thorold Dickinson, Basil Bartlett, Angus MacPhail, John Dighton
Cast
Name | Character |
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Mervyn Johns | No. 23 (Mr. Davis) / No 23: Mr Davis |
John Chandos | No. 16 / No 16 |
Nova Pilbeam | Beppie Leemans |
Reginald Tate | Maj. Richards |
Stephen Murray | Mr. Barratt |
Geoffrey Hibbert | Pte. John / Pvt. John |
Philip Friend | Lt. Cummins / Lieut. Cummings |
Phyllis Stanley | Miss Clare - the Dancer / Miss Clare |
Mary Clare | Mrs. 'Ma' Webster / Mrs. Webster |
Basil Sydney | |
Joss Ambler | Mr Vemon / Mr. Vemon |
Brefni O'Rorke | Brigadier Blunt / The Brigadier Blunt |
Alexander Field | Pvt. Durnford / Pte. Durnford |
David Hutcheson | |
Jack Hawkins | Brigade Major Harcourt |
Frederick Leister | Colonel |
Torin Thatcher | German General |
Charles Victor | Neutral Seaman - Irish Joe |
Richard Norris | Pvt. Jimmy |
Guy Maas | The Frenchman - Captain Mercier |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Michael Balcon | Producer |
S.C. Balcon | Producer |