Aside from some expendable propaganda heroics, rousingly handled by Walsh.
Desperate Journey
Man alive, Just picture this excitement!
1942 · 1h 47m · APPROVED
Action, Drama, War
Directed by
Raoul Walsh
Overview
During WWII, when an allied bomber is shot down over Germany, the five surviving crew are captured but cleverly escape detention after learning German secret information and knocking out a Nazi major. With the angry major in hot pursuit, aided by military personnel, Gestapo agents and Hitler-loyal citizens, the five wend their way across perilous Germany, intent on reaching the UK with the secrets they have learned.
Director and cast
- Raoul Walsh Director
- Errol Flynn as Flight Lt. Terrence 'Terry' Forbes
- Ronald Reagan as Flying Officer Johnny Hammond
- Raymond Massey as Major Otto Baumeister
- Alan Hale as Flight Sergeant Kirk Edwards
- Nancy Coleman as Kaethe Brahms
- Arthur Kennedy as Flying Officer Jed Forrest
- Ronald Sinclair as Flight Sergeant Lloyd Hollis
- Albert Bassermann as Dr. Mather (as Albert Basserman)
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
Instinctive existentialism of a very high order, and a very entertaining adventure (1942).
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