i must have seen a different film!!

Did you people see the same film I saw?

Awesome Movie

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

"Desperate Journey" comes down to Errol Flynn vs. the Nazis and I'll give you two guesses who wins this one! This film isn't about realism, just to entertain and boy, it certainly does! The pace never lets up as Errol and a small group of Allied soldiers find their way behind enemy lines in Germany. Their plane has crashed and they need to pool their resources in order to fly back to Headquarters in England. There is action aplenty and a very good supporting cast. An Errol Flynn movie wouldn't be complete without regular co- star Alan Hale. Raymond Massey is very good as a Nazi officer who is hot on the Allies trail. Unlike a lot of Flynn's films, "Desperate Journey" doesn't allow much room in the plot for a female leading lady. Nancy Coleman is cast in that role here but her screen time is restricted. The climax is an excellent one and there's also a bit of suspense. 1942 was the last year in which Errol Flynn was at his most popular at the box office. Not long after, his star gradually faded and his career didn't re-gain its former glory.

When the Warner Brothers send their boys over to Germany to fight the Nazis, the Axis will surely land on their behinds. Those boys are Errol Flynn, Ronald Reagan, Arthur Kennedy, Alan Hale, among others, and they find that not all Germans are out to destroy the allies. The young men are sent over on a mission of sabotage, blowing up bridges, train tracks, factories and munitions plants, and while some obviously do not return, they all face that reality with determination to get the job done, and even with humor. Raymond Massey joins the list of Hollywood actors like Conrad Veidt, Basil Rathbone, John Carradine, Peter Lorre and George Sanders who played Nazi officers and is appropriately menacing, in addition to quite urbane and sophisticated, a fact that Hollywood producers promoted as a way of proving how dangerous these characters could seem behind their sometimes polite facade. Hale gets the funniest moments, shooting bee-bees at his cohorts and the Nazis as if they were spitballs. Flynn, being the only character who speaks German, leads the group after their commander is killed. There's much sentiment concerning the youngest member of the mission, the son of a World War I hero that even Nazi officer Massey remembers.The underground of each side is explored, whether being Germans who support the allies and welcome the English and British as their saviors, as well as others who are double agents, pretending to be on the sides of the allies while reporting everything to the Gestapo. Nancy Coleman is the only young female in the cast, showing up as one of the underground assisting Flynn. An exciting chase sequence features a funny moment when Reagen shows Flynn how the bootleggers of the prohibition era would deal with federal officers who were chasing them while being chased by the Nazi's. Flynn's closing line is a gem which gave hints of a sequel, but even though that never showed up, these actors would certainly repeat the same types of roles during the remainder of the war that still had three years to go.

See it - This is an oldie but a goodie. This movie is hard to find, so if you run across it be sure to snatch it up. The main characters, played by Errol Flynn and Ronald Reagan (that's right, the prez), are shot down over Germany during a bombing run. Disguising themselves as German soldiers, they then begin the long road back to England on foot. The boys decide to engage in a little constructive destruction along the way. At one point, Flynn says "Gents, I have a suggestion to make; how about a spot of sabotage." Haha, I love it. It doesn't get any better than this. It's more than just a light-hearted romp about good guys getting chased across the rooftops by a Nazi with a monocle and a Doberman. It's a desperate journey. 5 out of 5 action rating

The script of this movie is unintelligent. All wartime movies will have a certain measure of boosterism, even downright propaganda, in them. To be expected. But "Desperate Journey", after a plausible start, gets deeper and deeper into a fictional, absurdest world occupied by the most stupid Germans in the history of all Germans: They can't shoot straight,or often at all, fall for the most ludicrously stupid tricks, essentially chase their own tails once they locate it. Then, and allow downed airmen, one of them hurt, to waltz along towards freedom and ultimate victory for England, America, etc. This brand of motion picture is far better represented by "Operation Burma".