The W Plan (1930)

8.0/10 95 min War Action Adventure

Overview

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.

Cast

Brian Aherne

Col. Duncan Grant

George Merritt

Ulrich Muller

C.M. Hallard

Commander-in-Chief

Frederick Lloyd

Col. Jervois

Mary Jerrold

Frau Muller

Madeleine Carroll

Rosa Hartmann

Clifford Heatherley

Proprietor

Austin Trevor

Captain of Military Police

Norah Howard

Lady of the Town

Cameron Carr

Otto Cedern

Milton Rosmer

President of Court Martial

Alfred Drayton

Prosecutor

Charles Paton

Defence Counsel

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