If the Germans had been as stupid and silly as they are in this film, WW II would have been over in weeks, but DESPERATE JOURNEY was made in 1942 when propaganda was the word. The film tells of an RAF bomber crew shot down over German-occupied Poland; eight men are in the plane, but only
five survive the crash and subsequent travails. Flight Lt. Terrence Forbes (Errol Flynn) and his men--Johnny Hammond (Ronald Reagan), Kirk Edwards (Alan Hale), Jed Forrest (Arthur Kennedy), and Lloyd Hollis (Ronald Sinclair)--have no other choice but to sneak through Axis territory to make it back
to Merry Olde. In the course of the picture, they are chased relentlessly by Nazi maj...
Released:
1942
Rated:
NR
Length:
107 mins