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| The Next of Kin | |
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| Directed by | Thorold Dickinson |
| Written by | Basil Bartlett Thorold Dickinson John Dighton Angus MacPhail |
| Produced by | Michael Balcon |
| Starring | Mervyn Johns Nova Pilbeam Reginald Tate Jack Hawkins Brefni O'Rorke Stephen Murray Geoffrey Hibbert Philip Friend |
| Cinematography | Ernest Palmer |
| Edited by | Ray Pitt |
| Music by | William Walton |
| Distributed by | Ealing Studios |
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Running time | 102 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | £50,000 |
| Box office | £119,129 (UK)[2] |
The Next of Kin, also known as Next of Kin, is a 1942 Second World War propaganda film produced by Ealing Studios.[3] The film was originally commissioned by the British War Office as a training film to promote the government message that "Careless talk costs lives". After being taken on by Ealing Studios, the project was expanded and given a successful commercial release.[4] After the war and up until at least the mid 1960s, services in British Commonwealth countries continued to use The Next of Kin as part of security training. The film's title is derived from the phrase "the next of kin have been informed" as used by radio announcers when reporting on the loss of personnel in action.[5]
- ^ "On This Day: The Next of Kin". Art & Hue. 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
- ^ James Chapman ‘The Billings verdict’: Kine Weekly and the British Box Office, 1936–62' Journal of British Cinema and Television, Volume 20 Issue 2, Page 200-238, p 210
- ^ "The Next of Kin (1942)". Archived from the original on 17 January 2018.
- ^ "BFI Screenonline: Next of Kin, The (1942)". www.screenonline.org.uk.
- ^ Mackenzie, S. P. British War Films, 1939-1945: The Cinema and the Services. London: Hambledon and London, 2001. p. 98.