{"id":72200,"date":"2021-05-27T22:12:46","date_gmt":"2021-05-28T05:12:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=72200"},"modified":"2021-05-27T22:12:46","modified_gmt":"2021-05-28T05:12:46","slug":"desperate-journey-1942","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=72200","title":{"rendered":"Desperate Journey (1942)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;We must all do our work before we can go back to doing what we love.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Desperate-Journey-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Desperate-Journey-Poster-196x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-72201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Desperate-Journey-Poster-196x300.png 196w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Desperate-Journey-Poster-670x1024.png 670w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Desperate-Journey-Poster-84x128.png 84w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Desperate-Journey-Poster-177x270.png 177w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Desperate-Journey-Poster.png 723w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA group of downed Allied airmen (Errol Flynn, Ronald Reagan, Alan Hale, Arthur Kennedy, and Ronald Sinclair) fight against the Nazis while being pursued by a relentless major (Raymond Massey), eventually receiving support from a beautiful young Resistance fighter (Nancy Coleman).\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alan Hale Films<\/li>\n<li>Arthur Kennedy Films<\/li>\n<li>Errol Flynn Films<\/li>\n<li>Nazis<\/li>\n<li>Raoul Walsh Films<\/li>\n<li>Raymond Massey Films<\/li>\n<li>Ronald Reagan Films<\/li>\n<li>World War II<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nRaoul Walsh&#8217;s second of seven collaborations with Errol Flynn &#8212; after <em>They Died With Their Boots On<\/em> (1941), and before <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=6781\"><em>Gentleman Jim<\/em> (1942)<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1380\"><em>Objective, Burma!<\/em> (1945)<\/a>, among others &#8212; was this quickly produced comedic wartime drama clearly designed to get young American men excited at the prospect of heading out to war. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s3256erro.html\">DVD Savant<\/a> accurately describes it as &#8220;a preposterous tale of Allied derring-do behind enemy lines, with Flynn and his gung-ho buddies (including his Robin Hood sidekick Alan Hale) making fools of the Nazis in their own back yard&#8221; &#8212; meaning, none of it should be taken too seriously despite the gravity of the subject matter. While several of the airmen do (nobly) die, we know at least some will survive &#8212; and to the film&#8217;s credit, their final moments are truly a satisfying fantasy.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bert Glennon&#8217;s cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Desperate-Journey-Cinematography.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Desperate-Journey-Cinematography.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-72203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Desperate-Journey-Cinematography.png 448w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Desperate-Journey-Cinematography-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Desperate-Journey-Cinematography-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Desperate-Journey-Cinematography-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Desperate-Journey-Cinematography2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Desperate-Journey-Cinematography2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-72202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Desperate-Journey-Cinematography2.png 448w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Desperate-Journey-Cinematography2-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Desperate-Journey-Cinematography2-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Desperate-Journey-Cinematography2-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, though Flynn fans will likely want to check it out. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0034646\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/2659\/desperate-journey#articles-reviews?articleId=81546\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s3256erro.html\">DVD Savant Review <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;We must all do our work before we can go back to doing what we love.&#8221; Synopsis: A group of downed Allied airmen (Errol Flynn, Ronald Reagan, Alan Hale, Arthur Kennedy, and Ronald Sinclair) fight against the Nazis while being pursued by a relentless major (Raymond Massey), eventually receiving support from a beautiful young Resistance fighter (Nancy Coleman). Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Alan Hale Films Arthur Kennedy Films Errol Flynn Films Nazis Raoul Walsh Films Raymond Massey Films Ronald&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=72200\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=72200"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72200\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72206,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72200\/revisions\/72206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=72200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=72200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=72200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}