Aside from some expendable propaganda heroics, rousingly handled by Walsh.
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01/26/06
Desperate Journey (1942)
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Reviews Counted:6
Fresh:4
Rotten:2
Average Rating:6/10
Runtime: 1 hr 59 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Synopsis: Five Allied airmen shot down in Germany fight their way back to England. Reagan kicks some butt in this propoganda-studded war flick. Academy Award Nominations: Best Special Effects.
Starring: Errol Flynn, Raymond Massey, Ronald Reagan, Alan Hale
Director: Raoul Walsh
Reviews for Desperate Journey
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Top CriticWalsh's desperately daft flagwaver often lets propagandizing get the better of its smooth running.
05/24/03
Top CriticDesperate Journey was viewed at the time of its release as a ludicrous, comic-strip war adventure. That view has only been strengthened over the years.
06/13/08
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03/25/06
Top CriticNo review available.
06/19/05
No review available.
02/27/04
Instinctive existentialism of a very high order, and a very entertaining adventure (1942).
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