Main Cast: Colin Clive, David Manners, Ian MacLaren, Anthony Bushell, Thomas Whiteley
Release Year: 1930
Country: US/UK
Run Time: 130 minutes
Plot
R.C. Sherriff's forceful drama about men at war, a long running hit in London as well as New York, is brought to the screen in this film adaptation. Capt. Denis Stanhope (Colin Clive) is the commander of a military unit during World War I; constantly bombarded by enemy fire and hemmed in by his superiors, Stanhope no longer believes in the cause for which he fights, and is despondent over the thought he is sending young men to a pointless death. Depressed, Stanhope has turned to drink, and often squabbles with Lt. Osborne (Ian MacLaren), his second-in-command, as well as berating nd Lt. Raleigh (David Manners), whose sister is Stanhope's beloved. As his confidence begins to collapse, Stanhope believes he has lost the respect of his men, until he secretly obtains a letter Raleigh is writing to his sister. Journey's End was the first major success for director James Whale; he soon signed a deal to work in the United States, and he cast his Journey's End leading man, Colin Clive, in one of his first American projects, Frankenstein. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
Charles Gerrard - Private Mason; Jack Pitcaim - The Colonel; Billy Bevan - Second Lt. Trotter; Warner Klinger - German Soldier; Robert A'Dair - Capt. Hardy; Leslie Sketchley - Corporal Ross
Credit
Hervey Libbert - Art Director, James Whale - Director, Claude Berkeley - Editor, Ben Kline - Cinematographer, George Pearson - Producer, Joseph Moncure March - Screenwriter, V. Gareth Gundrey - Screenwriter, R.C. Sherriff - Screenwriter, V. Bartlett - Book Author, R.C. Sherriff - Play Author
