FIne leads and character actors give strong performances in a grand wartime tale told in three nested flashbacks. Stirring and emotional story of convicts on Devil's Island escaping to fight for France at the beginning of World War II, done in the the bold, big black-and-white style of Hollywood in the 1940s. Bogart is as usual intense, while Claude Raines, Peter Lorre, Sydney Greenstreet, etc. do their accustomed unforgettable work. Most memorable of all may be the wonderful Vladimir Sokolov (best known perhaps as The Old Man in the original Magnificent Seven), whose elderly convict is fully willing to give everything for his country. See this movie!
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Great actors, very good movie.
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A film from a time when patriotism was in style and Hollywood was not ashamed to show it. Special features add context to understanding another part of the history of WWII.
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bogart is always great !!
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Great old movie with most of the usual suspects.
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