The Next of Kin (1942)
1h 42m
Running Time
June 15, 1942Release Date
The Next of Kin (1942)
1h 42m
Running Time
June 15, 1942Release Date
Plot.
Wartime propaganda piece giving the warning "Be like Dad, Keep Mum". A gossipy housewife is overheard talking about what her son is doing by a Nazi spy.
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Cast & Crew.
Mervyn Johns
No. 23 (Mr. Davis)
John Chandos
No. 16
Nova Pilbeam
Beppie Leemans
Stephen Murray
Mr. Barratt
Reginald Tate
Maj. Richards
Thorold Dickinson
Director
Jack Hawkins
Brigade Major Harcourt
Geoffrey Hibbert
Pvt. John
Basil Bartlett
Writer
Philip Friend
Lt. Cummins
Angus MacPhail
Writer
Phyllis Stanley
Miss Clare
John Dighton
Writer
Michael Balcon
Producer
Mary Clare
Mrs. Webster
William Walton
Composer
Basil Sydney
Naval captain
Joss Ambler
Mr Vemon
Brefni O'Rorke
Brigadier Blunt
Alexander Field
Pvt. Durnford
David Hutcheson
Intelligence officer
Torin Thatcher
German General
Thora Hird
ATS drover with puncture
Frederick Leister
Colonel
Charles Victor
Neutral Seaman - Irish Joe
Richard Norris
Pvt. Jimmy
Guy Maas
The Frenchman - Captain Mercier
Basil Radford
Careless Talker on Train
Naunton Wayne
Careless Talker on Train
Johnnie Schofield
Lance-Corporal
Frank Allenby
Wing-Cmdr. Kenton
Victor Beaumont
German Colonel (uncredited)
Mark Daly
Corporal on Train (uncredited)
Ian Fleming
Naval Officer (uncredited)
Hal Gordon
Builder's Labourer (uncredited)
James Knight
Sailor on Train (uncredited)
Charles Rolfe
Mr. Palmer (uncredited)
Jack Sharp
Warden (uncredited)
George Street
Inspector Jolly (uncredited)
Guy Verney
Soldier in Buffet Car (uncredited)
Media.
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Wiki.
The Next of Kin, also known as Next of Kin, is a 1942 Second World War propaganda film produced by Ealing Studios. The film was originally commissioned by the British War Office as a training film to promote the government message that "Careless talk costs lives". After being taken on by Ealing Studios, the project was expanded and given a successful commercial release. After the war and up until at least the mid 1960s, services in British Commonwealth countries continued to use The Next of Kin as part of security training. The film's title is derived from the phrase "the next of kin have been informed" as used by radio announcers when reporting on the loss of personnel in action.