Plot: WW II Propaganda film. Prisoners on Devils Island escape in order to return to France and fight the Germans.
Half Papillion, half 2nd rate Casablanca. WB reunites the director and most of the cast of "Casablanca" but the script is nowhere as good. Filmed in Hollywood, the film does a good of job of portraying Devils Island, a merchant ship and France. Other positives, the action scenes and acting. But there's a lot of WW II propaganda and some absurdities. Silly items include: Bogart as a Frenchman, Bogart dropping love notes to his wife in occupied France from a night bomber going 200 MPH, a German FW Condor attacking a merchant ship with one machine gun, Bogie murdering 4 defenseless German airmen, Bogie's Parisian newspaper being sacked by an angry mob for criticizing Munich.
Summary: A mixed bag, enjoyable on DVD where the WW II propaganda can be skipped. Rating **
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