Desperate Journey (1942)
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- Passed
- 1h 47min
- Drama, War
- 26 Sep 1942 (USA)
- Movie
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.
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- Nominated for 1 Oscar.
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Cast verified as complete
Errol Flynn | ... |
Flight Lt. Terrence Forbes
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Ronald Reagan | ... |
Flying Officer Johnny Hammond
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Nancy Coleman | ... |
Kaethe Brahms
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Raymond Massey | ... |
Major Otto Baumeister
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Alan Hale | ... |
Flight Sergeant Kirk Edwards
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Arthur Kennedy | ... |
Flying Officer Jed Forrest
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Ronald Sinclair | ... |
Flight Sergeant Lloyd Hollis
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Albert Bassermann | ... |
Dr. Ludwig Mather
(as Albert Basserman)
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Sig Ruman | ... |
Preuss
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Patrick O'Moore | ... |
Squadron Leader Lane-Ferris
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Felix Basch | ... |
Hermann Brahms
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Ilka Grüning | ... |
Frau Brahms
(as Ilka Gruning)
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Elsa Bassermann | ... |
Frau Raeder
(as Else Basserman)
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Charles Irwin | ... |
Captain Coswick
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Richard Fraser | ... |
Squadron Leader Clark
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Rudolph Anders | ... |
Kruse
(as Robert O. Davis)
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Henry Victor | ... |
Heinrich Schwarzmueller
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Bruce Lester | ... |
English Officer
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Lester Matthews | ... |
Wing Commander
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Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
Frank Alten | ... |
Lieutenant (uncredited)
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Louis V. Arco | ... |
Feldwebel (Sgt.) Gertz (uncredited)
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John Banner | ... |
Conductor on Empty Troop Train (uncredited)
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Barry Bernard | ... |
Squadron Commander (uncredited)
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Walter Bonn | ... |
Sentry (uncredited)
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Sven Hugo Borg | ... |
Mechanic (uncredited)
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John Breen | ... |
Soldier (uncredited)
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Walter Brooke | ... |
Flight Sgt. Warwick (uncredited)
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Steve Carruthers | ... |
Radio Operator (uncredited)
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Russell Custer | ... |
Gestapo Agent (uncredited)
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Harold Daniels | ... |
German Soldier (uncredited)
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Helmut Dantine | ... |
German Co-Pilot (uncredited)
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Leslie Denison | ... |
Radio Operator (uncredited)
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Carl Ekberg | ... |
Telephone Repairman (uncredited)
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Charles Flynn | ... |
Post Sentry (uncredited)
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Arno Frey | ... |
Pvt. Trocha (uncredited)
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Gene Garrick | ... |
Polish Saboteur (uncredited)
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Frederick Giermann | ... |
German Sergeant (uncredited)
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Henry Guttman | ... |
German Soldier (uncredited)
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Eddie Hall | ... |
German Soldier Shooting at Lockheed Plane (uncredited)
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Carl Harbaugh | ... |
German Soldier (uncredited)
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Ludwig Hardt | ... |
Pharmacist (uncredited)
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James Harker | ... |
Pilot (uncredited)
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William Hopper | ... |
Radio Operator (uncredited)
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Kurt Katch | ... |
Hesse (uncredited)
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Harry Lewis | ... |
Evans (uncredited)
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Rolf Lindau | ... |
Sergeant (uncredited)
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Jack Lomas | ... |
Magnus (uncredited)
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Frank Mayo | ... |
Decoder (uncredited)
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Peter Michael | ... |
German Gunner (uncredited)
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Ray Miller | ... |
Gestapo Agent (uncredited)
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Rudolf Myzet | ... |
Chauffeur (uncredited)
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Pat O'Hara | ... |
Plotting Officer (uncredited)
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Don Phillips | ... |
Kenton (uncredited)
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Otto Reichow | ... |
Pvt. Koenig (uncredited)
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Henry Rowland | ... |
German Fighter Pilot (uncredited)
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Richard Ryen | ... |
Staadtpoliceman Heinze (uncredited)
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Ferdinand Schumann-Heink | ... |
Sentry (uncredited)
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Hans Schumm | ... |
Gestapo Agent (uncredited)
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Lester Sharpe | ... |
Driver (uncredited)
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Rudolf Steinboeck | ... |
German Soldier (uncredited)
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Robert R. Stephenson | ... |
Gestapo Agent (uncredited)
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Sigfrid Tor | ... |
Pvt. Rasek (uncredited)
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Sid Troy | ... |
Radio Operator (uncredited)
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Philip Van Zandt | ... |
Strolling German Soldier (uncredited)
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Roland Varno | ... |
Unteroffizier (uncredited)
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Ernö Verebes | ... |
German Sergeant (uncredited)
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Frederik Vogeding | ... |
Gestapo Agent (uncredited)
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Wilhelm von Brincken | ... |
Gate Sentry (uncredited)
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Hans von Morhart | ... |
Gestapo Agent (uncredited)
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Hans Heinrich von Twardowski | ... |
German Soldier (uncredited)
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Douglas Walton | ... |
British Officer Playing Dice (uncredited)
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Rex Williams | ... |
Sgt. Tause (uncredited)
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William Yetter Sr. | ... |
Gestapo Agent (uncredited)
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Victor Zimmerman | ... |
Capt. Eggerstedt (uncredited)
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Directed by
Raoul Walsh |
Written by
Arthur T. Horman | ... | (original screenplay) |
Produced by
Jack Saper | ... | associate producer (uncredited) |
Hal B. Wallis | ... | producer |
Music by
Max Steiner |
Cinematography by
Bert Glennon | ... | director of photography |
Editing by
Rudi Fehr | ... | film editor |
Art Direction by
Carl Jules Weyl |
Costume Design by
Milo Anderson | ... | (gowns) |
Makeup Department
Perc Westmore | ... | makeup artist |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Claude Archer | ... | assistant director (uncredited) |
Russell Saunders | ... | assistant director (uncredited) |
Sound Department
C.A. Riggs | ... | sound |
Special Effects by
Edwin B. DuPar | ... | special effects (as Edwin A. DuPar) |
Byron Haskin | ... | special effects (uncredited) |
Nathan Levinson | ... | special effects (uncredited) |
Stunts
Duke Green | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
Harvey Parry | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
Allen Pomeroy | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
Buster Wiles | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
Jack Woody | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
Music Department
Leo F. Forbstein | ... | musical director |
Hugo Friedhofer | ... | orchestral arrangements / composer: additional music (uncredited) |
Additional Crew
Owen Cathcart-Jones | ... | technical advisor: R.A.F. sequences (as Squadron Leader O. Cathcart-Jones R.C.A.F.) |
Hugh MacMullan | ... | dialogue director |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Warner Bros. (1942) (United States) (theatrical)
- Vitagraph Limited (1942) (Canada) (theatrical)
- Warner Brothers Pictures (1942) (United Kingdom) (theatrical) (as Warner Brothers Pictures, Ltd.)
- Warner Brothers First National Films (1948) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- Warner Bros First National (1948) (France) (theatrical)
- Warner Bros. First National Films (1948) (Belgium) (theatrical)
- Warner Brothers First National Films (1948) (Norway) (theatrical)
- Dominant Pictures Corporation (1956) (United States) (theatrical) (re-release)
- Associated Artists Productions (AAP) (1956) (United States) (tv)
- MGM Home Entertainment (1991) (United States) (VHS) (For Turner)
- Warner Home Video (2010) (United States) (DVD) (Included in "Errol Flynn Adventures")
- HBO Max (2020) (United States) (video) (VOD)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) (this picture made under the jurisdiction of)
- Turner Entertainment (DVD package design)
- Warner Bros. Entertainment (DVD package design)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
When Flight Lt Forbes and his crew are shot down after bombing their target they discover valuable information about a hidden German aircraft factory that must get back to England. In their way across Germany, they try to cause as much damage as possible. Then, with the pursuing Germans about to pounce, they come up with an ingenious plan to escape. Written by mike.wilson6@btinternet.com |
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Taglines | Man alive, just picture this excitement! See more » |
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Parents Guide | View content advisory » |
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Box Office
Budget | $1,209,000 (estimated) |
Did You Know?
Trivia | When Ronald Reagan's character is awakened, he complains that in his dream he had a date with Ann Sheridan. Reagan had played opposite Sheridan three times including his two previous features, "Juke Girl" and "Kings Row." See more » |
Goofs | The same shot of a railroad area being blown up is used twice, once to depict the site blown up by the saboteur at the beginning, and soon after as the area being bombed by the RAF bomber plane. See more » |
Movie Connections | Featured in Raoul Walsh and Errol Flynn (2002). See more » |
Soundtracks | Waltzing Matilda See more » |
Quotes |
[Major Otto Baumeister has told the captured crew that, since they know the location of an underground Messerschmitt underground factory, they will feel his iron fist. Now he separates Flying Officer Johnny Hammond from the rest, questioning him for intelligence]
Maj. Otto Baumeister: That plane you were flying, American-built, wasn't it? One of the new ones. We have heard a good deal about them. We know that they are capable of operating at amazing altitudes. How do you manage to supercharge the engines at the extreme cold of those high altitudes? Flying Officer Johnny Hammond: If I told you, the others wouldn't find out? Maj. Otto Baumeister: Certainly not. Flying Officer Johnny Hammond: They can't hear us out there? Maj. Otto Baumeister: Quite sure. Now, about the supercharger. Flying Officer Johnny Hammond: It's done with a thermotrockle. Maj. Otto Baumeister: A what? Flying Officer Johnny Hammond: Thermotrockle amfilated through a daligonitor. Of course, this is made possible because the dernadyne has a franicoupling. Maj. Otto Baumeister: I do not understand you. Flying Officer Johnny Hammond: I knew you wouldn't. The amsometer on the side prenulates the kinutaspel hepulace. That's the entire secret. There you have it. Maj. Otto Baumeister: I do not follow you. Flying Officer Johnny Hammond: Well, maybe I could make it more clear if I drew a diagram. Maj. Otto Baumeister: Certainly. Flying Officer Johnny Hammond: [Bending over as though to draw] There's three things you gotta understand. As I said before, the daligonitor is amfilated by the thermotrockle. It's made by its connection with the franicoupling of dernadyne. Even at cruising speed the kinutaspel hepulace is prenulated by the amsometer. Makes no difference. Could be taking off. Snowing or raining, any pilot will tell you that the altitude, 10, 20, 30, 40,000 feet... [flexing his arm to strike] Flying Officer Johnny Hammond: [appearing casually in Baumeister's doorway] Oh, Terry. He wants to talk to you. Flight Lieutenant Terrence Forbes: Oh. The major wants to see me. [Forbes enters Baumeister's office and sees him under the desk, unconscious. he looks incredulously at Hammond] Flying Officer Johnny Hammond: The iron fist has a glass jaw. See more » |