The Road Back is a 1937 American drama war film made by Universal Pictures, directed by James Whale. The screenplay is by Charles Kenyon and R. C. Sherriff from the eponymous novel by Erich Maria Remarque.The film illustrates the despair and disillusionment of four men who return to civilian life in Germany after the First World War. The eponymous novel by Erich Maria Remarque is the sequel to his world-famous "All Quiet on the Western Front".