Highway to Battle
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| Directed by | Ernest Morris |
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| Cinematography | Stephen Dade |
| Edited by | Spencer Reeve |
| Music by | Bill LeSage |
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| Distributed by | Paramount British Pictures (UK) |
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Running time | 71 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Highway to Battle is a 1961 British second feature ('B')[1] thriller film directed by Ernest Morris and starring Gerard Heinz and Margaret Tyzack.[2] It was written by Brian Clemens and Eldon Howard and produced by The Danzigers.
Plot
[edit]Before the Second World War, a Nazi party member starts to have misgivings about the Nazis' plans. He attempts to defect to England, but is chased by the Gestapo.
Cast
[edit]- Gerard Heinz as Constantin
- Margaret Tyzack as Hilda
- Ferdy Mayne as Zeigler
- Dawn Beret as Gerda
- Peter Reynolds as Jarvost
- Vincent Ball as Ransome
- George Mikell as Brauwitz
- John Gabriel as Carl
- Robert Bruce as editor
- Robert Crewdson as Newmens
- Hugh Cross as official
- Jill Hyem as stewardess
- Cavan Malone as Hoffman
- Bernadette Milnes as bar girl
- Richard Shaw as Franz
Critical reception
[edit]The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "A minor contribution to the current resurgence of films about the Nazi horror. But the plot, though completely superficial, is trimly tailored and does suggest a little of the pressure under which Germans of conscience laboured in the pre-war period. The climax, with Brauwitz's suicide and Gerda's volte-face, is hardly convincing. But Gerard Heinz and Margaret Tyzack do their best by the sketchily-written roles of Constantin and his wife. Nazi thuggery is kept down to a minimum and the direction has one or two telling moments."[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Chibnall, Steve; McFarlane, Brian (2009). The British 'B' Film. London: BFI/Bloomsbury. p. 90. ISBN 978-1-8445-7319-6.
- ^ "Highway to Battle". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
- ^ "Highway to Battle". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 28 (324): 81. 1 January 1961 – via ProQuest.