The W Plan

Overview

A tense WWI spy thriller in which Colonel Duncan Grant (British star Brian Aherne, in his first talking role), parachutes into Germany to gather intelligence on the enemy’s secret ‘W Plan’ and to assist Allied POWs in digging escape tunnels.

Release date

Feb 25, 1930

Rating

7 / 10

Runtime

1 hours 35 minutes

Genres

War
Action
Adventure

Cast

Brian Aherne
As Col. Duncan Grant
George Merritt
As Ulrich Muller
C.M. Hallard
As Commander-in-Chief
Frederick Lloyd
As Col. Jervois
B. Gregory
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As Flight Commander Mayne
Mary Jerrold
As Frau Muller
Madeleine Carroll
As Rosa Hartmann
Clifford Heatherley
As Proprietor
Austin Trevor
As Captain of Military Police
Norah Howard
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As Lady of the Town
Cameron Carr
As Otto Cedern
Milton Rosmer
As President of Court Martial
Alfred Drayton
As Prosecutor
Charles Paton
As Defence Counsel
Wilhelm König
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As Prison Commandant

Crew

Victor Saville
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Role: Director
Frank Launder
Role: Writer
Miles Malleson
Role: Writer
Victor Saville
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Role: Writer
Victor Saville
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Role: Producer
Maclean Rogers
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Role: Editor
Hugh Gee
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Role: Art Direction
Marjorie Gaffney
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Role: Assistant Director
D.F. Scanlon
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Role: Sound Recordist
John Reynders
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Role: Original Music Composer
Graham Seton
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Role: Novel
René Guissart
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Role: Director of Photography
Freddie Young
Role: Director of Photography
Werner Brandes
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Role: Director of Photography