Desperate Journey

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.

Cast

Errol Flynn

as Flight Lt. Terry Forbes

Ronald Reagan

as Flight Officer Johnny Hammond

Arthur Kennedy

as Flight Officer Jed Forrest

Alan Hale

as Sgt. Kirk Edwards

Ronald Sinclair

as Sgt. Lloyd Hollis

Raymond Massey

as Major Otto Baumeister

Rudolph Anders

as Kruse

Nancy Coleman

as Kaethe Brahms

Albert Bassermann

as Dr. Ludwig Mather

Sig Ruman

as Preuss

Reviews

talisencrw

Basically 'Errol Flynn vs. the Nazis, Round 1' Battleground: Germany This experience was hampered for me by a freak situation in which either my flatscreen TV or my blu player, for the first time, didn't have any audio, so, nonplussed yet equally dauntless, I just said 'what the hell', put on th...

Filipe Manuel Neto

**Pure war propaganda.** This 1942 film is one of many films that were made during World War II, and that are themed around the conflict itself. During the war, American actors engaged in the military effort in films that sought to boost morale and incite combat, with the heroism of the Americans...

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