Journey's End (1930 film)

Journey's End
Theatrical poster
Directed byJames Whale
Written byR. C. Sherriff (play)
Joseph Moncure March
Produced byGeorge Pearson
StarringColin Clive
Ian Maclaren
David Manners
CinematographyBenjamin H. Kline
Edited byClaude Berkeley
Production
companies
Distributed byTiffany Pictures (US)
Woolf & Freedman Film Service (UK)
Release dates
  • April 14, 1930 (1930-04-14) (UK)
  • April 15, 1930 (1930-04-15) (U.S.)
Running time
120 minutes
CountriesUnited Kingdom
United States
David Manners, Billy Bevan, and Colin Clive

Journey's End is a 1930 war film directed by James Whale. Based on the play of the same name by R. C. Sherriff, the film tells the story of several British army officers involved in trench warfare during the First World War. The film, like the play before it, was an enormous critical and commercial success and launched the film careers of Whale and several of its stars.

The following year there was a German film version The Other Side directed by Heinz Paul starring Conrad Veidt as Stanhope and Wolfgang Liebeneiner as Raleigh. The film was banned just weeks after the Nazis took power in 1933.

In 1976, the play was adapted again as Aces High with the scenario shifted to the British Royal Flying Corps. The play was adapted for film again with its original title and scenario in 2017.