Desperate Journey

Desperate Journey
1942 theatrical poster
Directed byRaoul Walsh
Written byArthur T. Horman
Produced byHal B. Wallis
StarringErrol Flynn
Ronald Reagan
CinematographyBert Glennon
Edited byRudi Fehr
Music byMax Steiner
Leo F. Forbstein
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • September 25, 1942 (1942-09-25) (United States)
Running time
107 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1,209,000
Box office$3,980,000 (total)
$2 million (US rentals)
2,458,390 admissions (France, 1949)

Desperate Journey is a 1942 American World War II action and aviation film directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Errol Flynn and Ronald Reagan. 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.

Director Raoul Walsh called it "a war comedy spiced with enough tragedy to give it reality... beyond doubt the forerunner for Hogan's Heroes."