Escape in the Desert (1945)

Director:

Edward A. Blatt

Writers:

Marvin Borowsky, Thomas Job,

Stars:

Jean Sullivan, Philip Dorn, Irene Manning

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Jean Sullivan	...	Jane
Philip Dorn	...	Philip Artveld
Irene Manning	...	Lora Tedder
Helmut Dantine	...	Capt. Becker
Alan Hale	...	Dr. Orville Tedder
Samuel S. Hinds	...	Gramp
Bill Kennedy	...	Hank Albright
Kurt Kreuger	...	Lt. Von Kleist
Rudolph Anders	...	Hoffman
Hans Schumm	...	Klaus
Blayney Lewis	...	Danny

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

based on play

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 May 1945 (USA)

Also Known As:

Areias Escaldantes

Filming Locations:

Death Valley National Park, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Warner Bros

Technical Specs

Runtime:

79 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Version of The Petrified Forest (1936)

User Reviews

Not a Great Escape

Weak remake of "The Petrified Forest" with Dorn as a Dutch flyer in the Leslie Howard role and Dantine as an escaped Nazi POW replacing Bogart's Dick Mantee. Alan Hale supplies some minor comic relief as a stranded dentist. Robert Shayne, who later played Inspector Henderson on TV in "Superman," is heard as a radio newscaster.

This was apparently rushed into production to capitalize on the publicity surrounding the mass escape of some POWs from a camp near Phoenix in December 1944. Ironically, by the film's release date Hitler was dead and the Third Reich was in its final days, so the propaganda value was minimal.

It must have been a long war in Hollywood too as everyone looks as tired as the material.