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The New Lot

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The New Lot
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The New Lot is a 1943 British drama film directed by Carol Reed and starring Eric Ambler, Robert Donat, Kathleen Harrison, Bernard Lee, Raymond Huntley, John Laurie, Peter Ustinov and Austin Trevor, with music by Richard Addinsell. It is a short training film made for the Army Kinematograph Service, which follows five new draftees from different backgrounds through their initial army training.[1][2]

The film was later expanded and remade as The Way Ahead, co-written by Ambler and Ustinov, directed by Carol Reed, and starring David Niven.[3]

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  1. ^ "The New Lot (1943)". Archived from the original on 29 November 2007.
  2. ^ Nelmes, Jill (12 March 2012). Introduction to Film Studies. Routledge. ISBN 9781136777141 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ "BFI Screenonline: New Lot, The (1943)". www.screenonline.org.uk.
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