Product Details

• Actors: Errol Flynn, Ronald Reagan, Nancy Coleman, Raymond Massey, Alan Hale
• Directors: Raoul Walsh
• Writers: Arthur T. Horman
• Producers: Hal B. Wallis, Jack Saper
• Format: Black & White, NTSC
• Language: English, German
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: MGM (Warner)
• VHS Release Date: December 7, 1994
• Run Time: 107 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6302224489
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #5,895 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fun and Exciting!, February 6, 2003

By	Richard A. Libby (Alice, TX) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This movie may be dated, but it's still well worth watching. It certainly isn't so dated that it drags or is boring.

Errol Flynn and Ronald Reagan lead the cast as members of an Allied flight crew that gets shot down and captured in Germany during World War II. They manage a daring escape from right under the noses of their captors and set out for safe territory, with important German secrets in their pockets! Flynn, who knows German fluently, leads the group and gets them out of more than a few jams just by knowing German. Danger lurks on every side, and the relentless Germans have no intention of letting these men get back to England.

This exciting adventure is punctuated by patriotic music, and clearly was meant to stir up patriotism during World War II. A young German lady who helps the Allied crew asks them to tell their friends in England that there are people in Germany who are willing to help them, and who agree that the future of Germany depends on the downfall of the Nazis. Yes, it's propaganda, but what the heck! It's refreshing to see a movie that knows the difference between right and wrong!

Flynn and Reagan are excellent, and they are supported well by Alan Hale, Arthur Kennedy, and many others. Maybe, with the war on terrorism upon us, it's time for a revival of good old-fashioned patriotic movies! God bless America!

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a 1942 version of "Behind Enemy Lines"........wheres the DVD, May 3, 2003

A Kid's Review

My older sister allowed me to watch the new military flick "Behind Enemy Lines" with Gene Hackman and Owen Wilson. I liked it very much. Then I found this movie in a movie catalog. At first I was a bit skeptical, then I looked at it on Amazon and saw the reviews it recived and I was hooked on it because it had the same story line as B.E.L. I bought this movie and I loved every minute of it. Raymond Massey does a very good job as the German major. Errol Flynn, Ronald Regan, Alan Hale, and Arthur Kennedy do very good in their roles too. My favorite scene is where Alan Hale is spitting those little pebbles at Errol Flynn and the German soldier through his mouth, I wish I knew how he did it. I also wish that the movie industry would release this action-packed war movie and other hit movies, like Crash Dive, Air Force, Destination Tokyo, Flying Leathernecks, Wake Island, Action in the North Atlantic, Sink the Bismarck, Battle Cry, Hellcats of the Navy, Up Periscope, Torpedo Run, Submarine Sea Hawk, all in DVD format. I think all of the war movies that were made during the early 40s through the late 60s should be put in DVD format. If you want a good old-fashioned, rousing war movie, Desperate Journey is both a treat and a gem. Please release in DVD format.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantasic movie, May 3, 2004

By	Ratspit (California, United States) - See all my reviews

Fun, at times tongue in cheek, certainly cheesy in places, but a great old action adventure picture that rolls just about everything one could ask for into one film. This 1942 movie is one of Flynn's better films, though not as great as ones like Adventures of Robin Hood or the more serious Objective Burma (done a few years after Desperate Journey and now on DVD). Very colorful characters, good looking visuals for the time, great tight directing by legendary director Raoul Walsh who directed a number of Flynn films included the above mentioned Objective Burma. Soundtrack is very Flynn like in nature fitting the movie perfectly. I'm not a big fan of Ronald Reagan's films, but some of his lines in this movie are classic. All in all this is a fun action packed film that was perfect for 1942 and still easily manages to entertain today. Desperate Journey needs a good DVD release!