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Uncertain Glory (1944)

Uncertain Glory (1944)

Drama Crime Romance Thriller War

A French playboy gets serious when his country is threatened during World War II

Release Date: 1944, April 7
Directors: Raoul Walsh
Countries: United States of America
Production: Warner Bros. Pictures
Cast: Douglass Dumbrille, Wallis Clark, Sheldon Leonard, Faye Emerson, James Flavin, Paul Lukas, Odette Myrtil, Victor Kilian, Errol Flynn, Art Smith, Lucile Watson, Jean Sullivan

Overview:

In occupied France, a convicted thief and murderer escapes the guillotine when a bombing raid strikes the prison, but is quickly re-captured by the inspector of the Surete responsible for his original arrest. Fearing the guillotine more than his actual death, the convict inveigles the inspector to help him with a plan to rescue 100 Frenchmen taken by the Gestapo following an act of sabotage: he will confess to being the saboteur and allow himself to be executed by firing squad, the Gestapo's method of execution, thus freeing the 100 men.

Keywords:

self sacrifice world war ii 1940s sabotage escape paris, france fugitive france nazi occupation vichy regime guillotine french resistance love in war mass execution saboteur