Journey's End (1930)

Director:

James Whale

Writers:

Gareth Gundrey, Joseph Moncure March,

Stars:

Colin Clive, Ian Maclaren, David Manners

Cast

Credited cast:
Colin Clive	...	Capt. Denis Stanhope
Ian Maclaren	...	Lt. Osborne
David Manners	...	2nd Lt. Raleigh
Billy Bevan	...	2nd Lt. Trotter
Anthony Bushell	...	2nd Lt. Hibbert
Robert Adair	...	Capt. Hardy
Charles K. Gerrard	...	Pvt. Mason
Tom Whiteley	...	Sergeant Major
Jack Pitcairn	...	Colonel
Werner Klingler	...	German prisoner
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Gil Perkins	...	Sgt. Cox
Leslie Sketchley	...	Cpl. Ross

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

france | world war one | based on play

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Genres:

Drama | War

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Details

Country:

UK USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

9 April 1930 (USA)

Also Known As:

El fin del viaje

Filming Locations:

Fine Arts Studios - 4516 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Gainsborough Pictures, Tiffany Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

120 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.20 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Film debut of Robert Adair.

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Connections

Version of Journey's End (1983)

User Reviews

Not an anti-war film!

Understandably many people have called Journey's End an Anti-War film and it seems so because it reflects the terrible plight in the trenches. However R.C.Sheriff did not write this as an indictment of the Great War. It was of the brotherly love felt between two people in a time of stress. Sheriff, who served in the trenches before being wounded at Ypres never felt the great anger that appeared in All Quiet on the Western Front, Goodbye to all that etc. In fact a majority of serving personnel felt anger towards the pacifist nature of Sassoon and fellow anti-war writers.(read A subaltern's War by Charles Edmonds or some of the Ira Jones Books) One must remember that many had spent four years of hell in the trenches and to be all told that it was wasted time was pure anathema. In today's world, where we have been educated on the 'Oh, what a lovely war", Barkers trilogy and BirdSong it is more clear, in hindsight, as to the failure of Generals and the pointlessness of it all. By the way, one of the first actors to read for the London production was an unknown young actor called Lawrence Olivier