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Director:

Raoul Walsh

Writer:

Arthur T. Horman (original screenplay)

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Release Date:

26 September 1942 (USA) more

Genre:

War | Drama more

Plot:

When Flight Lt Forbes and his crew are shot down after bombing their target, they discover valuable information... more | add synopsis

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Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. more

User Comments:

"Now for Australia & a crack at those Japs!" more (27 total)


Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Errol Flynn ... Flight Lt. Terrence 'Terry' Forbes

Ronald Reagan ... Flying Officer Johnny Hammond
Nancy Coleman ... Kaethe Brahms
Raymond Massey ... Major Otto Baumeister
Alan Hale ... Flight Sergeant Kirk Edwards
Arthur Kennedy ... Flying Officer Jed Forrest

Ronald Sinclair ... Flight Sergeant Lloyd Hollis
Albert Bassermann ... Dr. Mather (as Albert Basserman)
Sig Ruman ... Preuss
Patrick O'Moore ... Squadron Leader Lane-Ferris
Felix Basch ... Hermann Brahms
Ilka Grüning ... Frau Brahms (as Ilka Gruning)
Elsa Basserman ... Frau Raeder (as Else Basserman)
Charles Irwin ... Captain Coswick
Richard Fraser ... Squadron Leader Clark
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Additional Details

Runtime:

107 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | German

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Certification:

Australia:PG | Finland:S | USA:Approved (PCA #8145)


Fun Stuff

Goofs:

Miscellaneous: At the end of the film as the plane is taking off two cars, a small white sedan and a black one immediately behind it, can be seen buzzing down the highway adjacent to the end of the runway. more

Quotes:

Flight Lieutenant Terrence Forbes: "Now for Australia and a crack at those Japs!" more

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Shadows (1959) more

Soundtrack:

God Save the King! more


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"Now for Australia & a crack at those Japs!", 10 September 2000
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In this exhilarating adventure five POWs in Nazi Germany fight their way back to freedom...

Errol Flynn plays a downed RAF pilot making his journey through enemy territory disguised as a German officer... In addition to evading capture he manages with his crew, a Scottish veteran of World War I, Alan Hale; a Canadian navigator, Arthur Kennedy; an American Ronald Reagan and a young Englishman Ronald Sinclair, to blow up a secret chemical plant and steal a German bomber from a Messerschmitt factory...

The film (with exciting music by Max Steiner) ends with Flynn leading an RAF assault on the airplane factory after various acts of sabotage & violent conflict, aided and inspired by an anti-Nazi German family headed by a pleasant doctor (Albert Basserman) & his sweet daughter (Nancy Coleman).

The best scene comes early in the picture, when a Nazi Major (Raymond Massey) after having questioned the captured RAF crew, calls for a private interview with Reagan, thinking he will agree to reveal what he knows about the new RAF bomber engines, and recites easily an impressive number of facts about the component parts--all nonsense... Once he has the major's rapt attention, he punches him on the jaw, knocking him out and then help himself to the major's breakfast...

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