The Road Back (1937)

Directors

James Whale

Cast

Al Shean, Andy Devine, Arthur Hohl, Barbara Read, Bert Sprotte, Bess Flowers, Charles Halton, Clara Blandick, Dwight Frye, Edward LeSaint, Edward Van Sloan, Edwin Maxwell, Etienne Girardot, Francis Ford, Frank Reicher, Harry C. Bradley, John Emery, John King, Larry J. Blake, Laura Hope Crews, Lionel Atwill, Louise Fazenda, Noah Beery Jr., Paul Panzer, Richard Cromwell, Robert Warwick, Samuel S. Hinds, Sidney D'Albrook, Sigrid Gurie, Slim Summerville, Spring Byington, Tiny Sandford, William B. Davidson

The story

A squad of German machine gunners on the Western Front discuss when the Great War will end; the corporal shows the squad his calendar, revealing tomorrow is November 11, 1918. The squad's company launches an assault on French lines, and despite the heavy casualties sustained by both sides, the Germans manage to secure a trench; unbeknownst to the soldiers, the Armistice is being signed at the same time. The squad, in the presence of their aristocratic captain, hears of the Armistice just after 11 am.

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