• Rating:
• Genre: War
• Movie Type: Propaganda Film, War Adventure
• Themes: Heroic Mission
• Director: Raoul Walsh
• Main Cast: Errol Flynn, Ronald Reagan, Arthur Kennedy, Raymond Massey, Sig Rumann, Pat O'Moore
• Release Year: 1942
• Country: US
• Run Time: 108 minutes
• MPAA Rating: NR

Plot

In this, one of many World War II propaganda films of the early 1940s, Errol Flynn is one of five RAF pilots to survive a crash-landing in occupied Poland. They are relentlessly pursued by Nazi officer Raymond Massey, who despite his erudition and poise comes across as one of the densest men on earth--not that his Nazi underlings are any brighter. After repeatedly humiliating Massey and laying waste to most of the Third Reich installations in Poland, Flynn and cohort Ronald Reagan steal a German bomber and head back to England. "Now for Australia and a crack at those Japs!" declares Flynn at the end, admirably maintaining a straight face. Desperate Journey gained some negative fame in the 1980s because of its brief scenes in which Ronald Reagan dons a Nazi uniform. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

• Errol Flynn - Flight Lt. Terrence Forbes
• Ronald Reagan - Flying Officer Johnny Hammond
• Raymond Massey - Maj. Otto Baumeister
• Arthur Kennedy - Flying Officer Jed Forrest
• Sig Rumann - Preuss
• Pat O'Moore - Squadron Leader Lane Ferris

Ronald Sinclair - Flight Sgt. Lloyd Hollis; Louis Arco - Feldwebel Gertz; Charles Irwin - Capt. Coswick; Robert O. Davis - Kruse; Walter Brooke - Flight Sgt. Warwick; Harry Lewis - Evans; Don Phillips - Kenton; Frank Alten - Lieutenant; Felix Basch - Dr. Herman Brahms; Albert Basserman - Dr. Mather; Elsa Basserman - Frau Raeder; Barry Bernard - Squadron Commander; Sven Hugo Borg - Mechanic; Nancy Coleman - Kaethe Brahms; Helmut Dantine - German Copilot; Carl Ekberg - Telephone Repairman; Richard Fraser - Squadron Leader Clark; Arno Frey - Pvt. Trecha; Gene Garrick - Polish Boy; Ilka Gruning - Frau Brahms; Alan Hale - Flight Sgt. Kirk Edwards; Ludwig Hardt - Pharmacist; William Hopper - Aircraftsman; Kurt Katch - Hesse; Bruce Lister - English Officer; Jack Lomas - Magnus; Lester Matthews - Wing Commander; Otto Reichow - Pvt. Koenig; Henry Rowland - Motorcycle Scout; Ferdinand Schumann-Heink - Sentry; Hans Schumm; Lester Sharpe - Driver; Bob Stephenson - Gestapo Agent; Roland Varno - Unteroffizier; Henry Victor - Heinrich Schwartzmuller; Douglas Walton - British Officer; Harold Daniels - German Soldier; Walter Bonn - Sentry; Rolf Lindau - Sergeant; Sigfrid Tor - Pvt. Rasek

Credit

Milo Anderson - Costume Designer; Edwin DuPar - Special Effects; Rudi Fehr - Editor; Leo F. Forbstein - Musical Direction/Supervision; Hugo W. Friedhofer - Musical Direction/Supervision; Bert Glennon - Cinematographer; Arthur Horman - Screenwriter; Jack Saper - Producer; Max Steiner - Composer (Music Score); Hal B. Wallis - Producer; Raoul Walsh - Director; Perc Westmore - Makeup; Carl Jules Weyl - Art Director; C.A. Riggs - Sound/Sound Designer; Nathan Levinson - Sound Special Effects

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