WHO GOES NEXT? is a fairly low budget albeit timely WW1 prisoner of war movie with a cast virtually unknown to modern cinemagoers. It's quite unusual in its depiction of WW1 trench warfare and prison camp life, although already the general tropes of the genre are present and correct: one man goes out of his mind, while the rest are busy digging a tunnel and preparing for an escape attempt. Much of the film is devoted to comedy at the expense of a larger-than-life camp commander who was apparently based on a real-life character. Jack Hawkins appears in an early role as a likeable officer, but his character is involved a lengthy flashback sequence which really drags the pacing down.
Review of Who Goes Next?
