The W Plan (1930)
1h 35m
Running Time
February 25, 1930Release Date
Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
Brian Aherne
Col. Duncan Grant
George Merritt
Ulrich Muller
C.M. Hallard
Commander-in-Chief
B. Gregory
Flight Commander Mayne
Frederick Lloyd
Col. Jervois
Mary Jerrold
Frau Muller
Victor Saville
Director
Madeleine Carroll
Rosa Hartmann
Frank Launder
Writer
Miles Malleson
Writer
Clifford Heatherley
Proprietor
Austin Trevor
Captain of Military Police
Graham Seton
Writer
Werner Brandes
Cinematographer
Norah Howard
Lady of the Town
René Guissart
Cinematographer
Details.
Wiki.
The W Plan is a 1930 British spy film produced and directed by Victor Saville and starring Brian Aherne, Madeleine Carroll, Gibb McLaughlin, and Gordon Harker. The screenplay was written by Saville with Miles Malleson and Frank Launder, based on the novel of the same name by Graham Seton. When the film was released in the United States, Aherne was appearing in The Barretts of Wimpole Street on Broadway, and receiving praise for his performance as Robert Browning. The film was a critical success, but did not do well at the box office.
