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
Starring: Errol Flynn, Raymond Massey, Ronald Reagan, Alan Hale, Arthur Kennedy, Nancy Coleman, Sig Ruman, Patrick O'Moore, Ronald Sinclair, Albert Basserman, Ilka Gruning
Director: Raoul Walsh
Director: Raoul Walsh
Composer: Max Steiner
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Aside from some expendable propaganda heroics, rousingly handled by Walsh. Full Review |
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Walsh's desperately daft flagwaver often lets propagandizing get the better of its smooth running. Full Review |
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Desperate 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. Full Review |
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Instinctive existentialism of a very high order, and a very entertaining adventure (1942). Full Review |
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