Desperate Journey

Desperate Journey
1942 Theatrical poster
Directed by	Raoul Walsh
Produced by	Hal B. Wallis
Written by	Arthur T. Horman
Starring	Errol Flynn Ronald Reagan
Music by	Max Steiner Leo F. Forbstein
Cinematography	Bert Glennon
Edited by	Rudi Fehr
Production company	Warner Bros.
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	September 25, 1942 (1942-09-25) 1949 (France)
Running time	107 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$2 million (US rentals) 2,458,390 admissions (France, 1949)

Desperate Journey is a 1942 American World War II action and aviation film starring Errol Flynn and Ronald Reagan, directed by Raoul Walsh. The supporting cast includes Raymond Massey, Alan Hale, Sr., and Arthur Kennedy. The melodramatic film featured a group of downed Allied airmen making their way out of the Third Reich, often with their fists.

Assigned to bomb a German railway, Flight Lt. Terrence Forbes (Errol Flynn) presses home an attack but flies too low and the RAF bomber is shot down near the former Polish border. Along with his crew, consisting of Flying Officer Johnny Hammond (Ronald Reagan), Flight Sergeant Kirk Edwards (Alan Hale, Sr.), Flying Officer Jed Forrest (Arthur Kennedy) and Flight Sergeant Lloyd Hollis (Ronald Sinclair) who is wounded, they are captured by the Germans.

Gestapo Major Otto Baumeister (Raymond Massey) interviews Hammond who gives a baffling account of their bomber's technology and suddenly knocks the major unconscious. Forbes then subdues the other soldiers, the group searches the major's office and find papers showing a hidden Messerschmitt aircraft factory. Setting out on their dangerous trip across enemy territory, they first obtain German uniforms and board a train heading west. On their route, they attack and destroy a chemical plant but realize they need a doctor for their wounded crew member. With the help of Kaethe Brahms (Nancy Coleman), a member of the underground, they locate a doctor, but it is already too late to save Hollis.