Reach for Glory

The film is set in the years of the Second World War. The place is a small coastal town in England. The boys in the town want to join the army. But all of them are too young. So they set up their own war games. The games grow harsher as they go. Someone new joins the group. Mark Stein is an Austrian Jewish refugee. His father has come to the town as a teacher. At first the boys shut him out. The reason is that he speaks German. Then they let him into the game. During one of the fights Mark runs off. On that they set up a mock court for him. The film was adapted from a novel by John Rae. Harry Andrews and Kay Walsh take the leads in Philip Leacock’s British film of 1962.