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The Next of Kin

5.0(10)19421h 42m1

Lots of slogans such as "Be like Dad, Keep Mum" and "Keep it under your Hat" are visible on the walls in various scenes to reinforce the plot of this British wartime movie illustrating how gossipy talk can result in unknowingly giving valuable information to Nazi spies.

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  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical15 Jun 1942

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The Next of Kin was released on 15 June 1942.

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    CinemaSerf

    6/26/2022

    6/10

    This isn't so much an action film, as a series of scenarios that convey a message to the watching public that "careless talk costs lives". It started out life as a training film and you can tell by the rather clunky editing that director Thorold Dickinson was thinking on his feet as this project aimed at the military grew into a very important, and effective, counter-espionage tool. It's got quite a formidable cast o…

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