Product Details

• Actors: Errol Flynn, Paul Lukas, Lucile Watson, Faye Emerson, James Flavin
• Directors: Raoul Walsh
• Writers: Joe May, László Vadnay, Max Brand
• Producers: Errol Flynn, Jack L. Warner, Robert Buckner
• Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, NTSC
• Language: English, German
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: MGM (Warner)
• VHS Release Date: December 7, 1994
• Run Time: 102 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6303295304
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #169,683 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars a simple example of existential angst, July 24, 2001

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teleute (Muntinlupa Philippines) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Uncertain Glory [VHS] (VHS Tape)

i saw this movie when i was eight years old, back in the 70's. even at that age, it became clear to me what war and sacrifice meant. although this story is very simple, that of a convicted- criminal-turned-escapee-turned-hero, it stuck with me until the time i became a philosophy major at university. this movie became for me one of the best examples of what existential angst is about. errol flynn's decision at the end may have been expected (as movies during that time were supposed to be resolved), but his split second of indecision confirms the title of the movie.

there are more exciting and more realistic war movies available, but this one exhibits human-ness and the internal conflicts that occur in oneself during a war, may it be a world war or an individual war. as a matter of fact, there are minimal "fight scenes" in this movie. yet, the movie showed me what war is really about. true sacrifice, not the one made obligatory, but voluntary. if you watch the movie seeking a highly dramatic scene of indecision, you won't find it. the true meaning of this movie, just like most things in life, is found in a split second. i recommend this movie to those who seek meaning in adversity... even if it means losing oneself...literally and figuratively.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars "I killed a conducter for asking too many questions"...Errol Flynn, February 15, 2011

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J. Lovins "Mr. Jim" (Missouri-USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Uncertain Glory [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Warner Bros. Pictures presents "UNCERTAIN GLORY" (1944) (102 min/B&W) (Fully Restored/Dolby Digitally Remastered) -- Starring Errol Flynn, Paul Lukas, Lucile Watson, Faye Emerson & James Flavin

Directed by Raoul Walsh

Errol Flynn plays French criminal Jean Picard, a craven coward whose many misdeeds have earned him a date with the guillotine. Detective Marcel Bonet (Paul Lukas) intends to see that Picard keeps his appointment with the executioner, despite the fact that there's a war on. When the Nazis capture 100 French hostages to force a resistance saboteur to surrender himself, Picard offers to pose as the saboteur and thereby save the lives of the innocent villagers.

Errol Flynn: [to Paul Lukas] "I suppose there's a time when any man, even a man like me, can find something... something bigger than himself for which he is willing to die without question, almost... almost happily".

A different Errol Flynn in this interesting WWII film

BIOS:
1. Raoul Walsh (Director)
Date of Birth: 11 March 1887 - New York, New York
Date of Death: 31 December 1980 - Simi Valley, California

2. Errol Flynn [aka: Errol Leslie Thomson Flynn]
Date of Birth: 20 June 1909, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Date of Death: 14 October 1959, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

3. Paul Lukas
Date of Birth: 26 May 1891 - Budapest, Austria-Hungary (now Hungary)
Date of Death: 16 August 1971 - Tangier, Morocco

Mr. Jim's Ratings:
Quality of Picture & Sound: 4 Stars
Performance: 4 Stars
Story & Screenplay: 5 Stars
Overall: 4 Stars [Original Music, Cinematography & Film Editing]

Total Time: 102 min on VHS ~ Warner Bros. Pictures ~ (12/07/1994)

5.0 out of 5 stars Bad Errol,Good Errol, December 27, 2011

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Brian - See all my reviews

This review is from: Uncertain Glory [VHS] (VHS Tape)

France 1943,Errol Flynn is a murderer on his way to be executed.A Allied bombing breaks it up and he escapes and hides out with Sheldon Leonard his partner in crime.
MR Leonard helps out until Errol departs with Fayne Emerson Sheldons trashy mistress.Angry,SL goes to ace police detective Paul Lukas who arrested Flynn for the earlier killing.Soon,Errol is arrested by Lukas and on his way back they find that a train full of nazis were killed by Allied agents.The nazis round up one hundred French civilians and threaten to execute them unless the agents give themselves up.Errol has little feeling for the hostages,but playing for time suggests to Lukas that he turn himself in as the saboteur.Paul wishing to save the lives of his countrymen agrees.
Pretty good WW2 film.I enjoyed it.Problem is,where is the DVD?