Errol Flynn
Flight Lt. Terrence "Terry" Forbes
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Released in September of 1942, Desperate Journey is a preposterous tale of Allied derring-do behind enemy lines, with Flynn and his gung-ho buddies (including his Adventures of Robin Hood sidekick Alan Hale) making fools of the Nazis in their own back yard.
A Royal Air Force bomber with a mission to destroy a rail line crash-lands in Germany after the commanding pilot is shot. The surviving crew, led by Flight Lt. Terry Forbes (Errol Flynn) and ...
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Desperate Journey is a 1942 American World War II action and aviation film directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Errol Flynn and Ronald Reagan. The supporting cast includes Raymond Massey, Alan Hale Sr., and Arthur Kennedy. The melodramatic film featured a group of downed Allied airmen making their way out of the Third Reich, often with their fists.
Synopsis. A unit of the British Royal Air Force is assigned to bomb a German railway. Although they are ordered to fly at a high altitude, their bomber is spotted by the Germans, who attack them from both air and land.
When the crew of a downed British bomber escape from their Nazi captors with Top Secret intelligence, they make a desperate journey to get out of Germany alive. In 1942, a lone RAF bomber flying deep into Germany (just inside the old Polish border) is shot down after completing its mission.
Raoul Walsh. Director. Arthur T. Horman. Screenplay. Written by on October 7, 2016. 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.
Directed by Raoul Walsh. Genres - Action, Adventure, Drama, War | Sub-Genres - Combat Films, Propaganda Film, War Adventure | Release Date - Sep 25, 1942 (USA - Unknown), Sep 26, 1942 (USA) | Run Time - 107 min. | Countries - United States | MPAA Rating - NR. AllMovie Rating. 6. User Ratings (14) Your Rating. Overview. Review. User Reviews.
