Highway to Battle

Highway to Battle is a 1961 British second feature ('B')^[1] thriller film directed by Ernest Morris and starring Gerard Heinz and Margaret Tyzack.^[2] It was written by Brian Clemens and Eldon Howard and produced by The Danzigers.

Highway to Battle
British theatrical poster
Directed by	Ernest Morris
Written by	Brian Clemens Eldon Howard Joseph Pole (story)
Produced by	Edward J. Danziger Harry Lee Danziger
Starring	Gerard Heinz Margaret Tyzack Ferdy Mayne Vincent Ball
Cinematography	Stephen Dade
Edited by	Spencer Reeve
Music by	Bill LeSage
Production company	Danziger Productions
Distributed by	Paramount British Pictures (UK)
Release date	May 1961 (1961-05) (UK)
Running time	71 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Plot

Before the Second World War, a Nazi party member starts to have misgivings about the Nazis' plans. He attempts to defect to England, but is chased by the Gestapo.

Cast

• Gerard Heinz as Constantin
• Margaret Tyzack as Hilda
• Ferdy Mayne as Zeigler
• Dawn Beret as Gerda
• Peter Reynolds as Jarvost
• Vincent Ball as Ransome
• George Mikell as Brauwitz
• John Gabriel as Carl
• Robert Bruce as editor
• Robert Crewdson as Newmens
• Hugh Cross as official
• Jill Hyem as stewardess
• Cavan Malone as Hoffman
• Bernadette Milnes as bar girl
• Richard Shaw as Franz

Critical reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "A minor contribution to the current resurgence of films about the Nazi horror. But the plot, though completely superficial, is trimly tailored and does suggest a little of the pressure under which Germans of conscience laboured in the pre-war period. The climax, with Brauwitz's suicide and Gerda's volte-face, is hardly convincing. But Gerard Heinz and Margaret Tyzack do their best by the sketchily-written roles of Constantin and his wife. Nazi thuggery is kept down to a minimum and the direction has one or two telling moments."^[3]