A gentle widower, enraged at Nazi atrocities against his peaceful Norwegian fishing village, escapes to Britain and returns leading a commando force against the oppressors.
Paul Muni
Eric Toresen
Anna Lee
Judith Bowen
Lillian Gish
Mrs. Bergesen
Cedric Hardwicke
Admiral Bowen
Robert Coote
Robert Bowen
Ray Collins
Johan Bergesen
Alexander Knox
German Captain
Rosemary DeCamp
Hilma Arnesen
Elisabeth Fraser
Anna Korstad
Richard Derr
Gunnar Korstad
Erville Alderson
Johan Garme
Barbara Everest
Mrs. Olav
Rod Cameron
Pastor
Louis Jean Heydt
Karl Arnesen
George Macready
Schoolteacher
Arthur Margetson
German Colonel
Lloyd Bridges
Young German Soldier (uncredited)
Ann Carter
Solveig Toresen (uncredited)
Eddie Hall
German Soldier at the Sound Detector (uncredited)
Director
John Farrow
Screenplay
Irwin Shaw
Story
C. S. Forester
April 1, 2023
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There were a few of these wartime dramas designed to bring attention to the atrocities being carried out by the Nazis on the erstwhile peaceful people of Norway. This one finds "Eric" (Paul Muni) flee to Britain where he trains and returns to his homeland determined to wreak revenge on his occupiers and their Quisling allies and to help the British to successfully bomb an airbase being built at altitude that could be used to attack allied territory and shipping. It's all a bit meandering, however. Muni isn't really a very convincing Norwegian nor is Alexander Knox particularly menacing as a captain in the Wehrmacht nor Rod Cameron as the Pastor. Indeed, aside from Sir Cedric Hardwicke as the archetypal British admiral, none of the casting works especially well here - and coupled with some very wordy dialogue, that manages to drag this down a little into melodrama territory. It ends rousingly enough, though, and given it's purpose was largely propagandist - it does what is says on the tin. Watchable, but forgettable fayre.
Status:
Released
Original Language:
English
Budget:
$0.00
Revenue:
$0.00