Possibly effective at the time but time hasn't been kind to this re- working of The 49th Parallel. Film scholars will always have to deal with it as it marked the official debut of The Archers, the company set up by Powell and Pressburger to exploit the name they were making for themselves. Here we really do have the 'Hollywood Bomber Crew' syndrome almost literally albeit the six-man crew is British and as diverse as the writers can make them, which is not very, really. The rewards come in the supporting roles, Roland Culver, Peter Ustinov etc, the latter almost unrecognizable in a dog-collar, and any buff of late thirties/early forties British cinema will wallow in the familiar faces. Googie Withers turns up in the last couple of reels and forces the higher-billed males to act. Just about worth a look.
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