Desperate Journey
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- 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 GuideCast
- 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






