Fresh
Aside from some expendable propaganda heroics, rousingly handled by Walsh.
Tom Milne, Time Out
Desperate Journey
Man alive, Just picture this excitement!
1942 · 1h 47m · APPROVED
Action, Adventure, War
Directed by
Raoul Walsh
Overview
A British bomber crew, including Australian and American, is shot down over Germany during a bombing run. The five make their way across a perilous Germany, intent on reaching the UK with the war secrets they have learned, battling Nazis along the way.
Director and cast
- Raoul Walsh Director
- Errol Flynn as Flight Lt. Terrence 'Terry' Forbes
- Ronald Reagan as Flying Officer Johnny Hammond
- Nancy Coleman as Kaethe Brahms
- Raymond Massey as Major Otto Baumeister
- Alan Hale as Flight Sergeant Kirk Edwards
- Arthur Kennedy as Flying Officer Jed Forrest
- Ronald Sinclair Cast
- Albert Bassermann Cast
- Sig Ruman Cast
- Patrick O'Moore Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
63%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Instinctive existentialism of a very high order, and a very entertaining adventure (1942).
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
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