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5.9/10 • 24

1942-09-261h 47m

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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.

Directors
Raoul Walsh
Editors
Rudi Fehr

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  1. Errol Flynn

    Errol Flynn

    Flight Lt. Terry Forbes

  2. Ronald Reagan

    Ronald Reagan

    Flying Officer Johnny Hammond

  3. Arthur Kennedy

    Arthur Kennedy

    Flight Officer Jed Forrest

  4. Alan Hale

    Alan Hale

    Sgt. Kirk Edwards

  5. Ronald Sinclair

    Ronald Sinclair

    Sgt. Lloyd Hollis

  6. Raymond Massey

    Raymond Massey

    Major Otto Baumeister

  7. Rudolph Anders

    Rudolph Anders

    Kruse

  8. Nancy Coleman

    Nancy Coleman

    Kaethe Brahms

  9. Albert Bassermann

    Albert Bassermann

    Dr. Ludwig Mather

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talisencrw

Oct 7, 2016

8/10

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 the subtitles and watched the film with no audio. (Later, I discovered that I could have just unplugged both for ten minutes and everything would have been normal. You live, you learn. It taught me to pay more attention to what was happening on the screen, so it wasn't an entirely wasted endeavor.) Here, the weakness, as always, was Ronald Reagan, who makes Keanu Reeves look like a great actor. Still, he wasn't bad (it was a war film, after all, with a role he was born to play), and he and Flynn were assisted by great supporting players, such as Raymond Massey and Alan Hale, who are always 'cash money' for me IMHO. As well, you have one of the greatest American directors of the period in Raoul Walsh, so it's basically win, win, win--except if you're a Nazi.

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Status
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Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
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