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The W Plan is a British film of genre War directed by Victor Saville released in USA on 15 march 1931 with Brian Aherne

The W Plan (1930)

The W Plan
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Released in USA 15 march 1931
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Genres War,    Action,    Adventure,    Spy
Rating54% 2.72972.72972.72972.72972.7297

The W Plan is a 1930 British spy film produced and directed by Victor Saville, from a screenplay which he also co-wrote with Miles Malleson and Frank Launder, based on the novel of the same name by Graham Seton. It starred Brian Aherne, Madeleine Carroll, Gibb McLaughlin, and Gordon Harker. When this 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.



^ "The W Plan". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on August 18, 2014. Retrieved August 18, 2014.

^ Hall, Mordaunt (March 23, 1931). "The W Plan: For King and Country". New York Times. Archived from the original on August 18, 2014. Retrieved August 18, 2014.

^ Jewell, Richard B.; Harbin, Vernon (1982). The RKO Story. New York: Arlington House. p. 34. ISBN 0-517-546566.

^ "The W Plan". theiapolis.com. Retrieved August 18, 2014.

Synopsis

Colonel Duncan Grant (Brian Aherne) is a British officer during World War I. When the British high command get wind of a German plan, titled The W Plan, from the lips of a dying German officer, Major Ulrich Muller (George Merritt), they send Grant behind enemy lines to learn the details. After successfully being dropped by airplane near the German town of Essen, where he makes his way to home of the dead German who was responsible for the plan. Grant is chosen because he speaks fluent German, having spent a significant amount of time in Germany prior to outbreak of hostilities. While in Essen, he runs into an old girlfriend, Rose Hartmann (Madeleine Carroll). When he and Rose go to a nearby café, he is approached by German officers and asked for his papers. While he has the documents taken from Muller, the Germans become suspicious, and Grant has to make a quick getaway. Unfortunately, the plane he is supposed to meet with to make his escape is shot down, after which Grant is arrested for desertion.

Actors

Brian Aherne

(Col. Duncan Grant)Madeleine Carroll

(Rosa Hartmann)Gibb McLaughlin

(Private 'Ginger' McTavish)Milton Rosmer

(President of Court Martial)Gordon Harker

(Private Waller)
And :
Mary Jerrold
George Merritt
Clifford Heatherley
Austin Trevor
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