The W Plan

The W Plan

95 mins | Action, Adventure, War | Feb. 25, 1930

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.

The W Plan

95 mins | Action, Adventure, War | Feb. 25, 1930

The W Plan
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.
Producers British International Pictures
Original title The W Plan
Directors Marjorie Gaffney, Victor Saville
Writers Graham Seton, Victor Saville, Frank Launder, Miles Malleson

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

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

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

as Prison Commandant