France has fallen to the Nazis but the Free French are still fighting. Manning is a reporter sent into rural England to write about them. Their commander Captain Freycinet (Claude Rains) recounts their story when France fell. Freycinet was captaining a ship in the Caribeans when they pick up five survivors in a small boat. Jean Matrac (Humphrey Bogart), Marius (Peter Lorre), and the others reveal themselves to be escaped prisoners. Despite that, they are eager to join the war against the Germans.
This is a bit of wartime propaganda. It's saying that even the French prisoners are eager to fight. The love of country and freedom extents to even prisoners. Bogie is still playing the dashing type. This has some familiar faces. This movie has many of the same themes as other wartime films but it's not done quite as well. The structure is a flashback within a flashback within a flashback. It's not my favorite construction.
This is a bit of wartime propaganda. It's saying that even the French prisoners are eager to fight. The love of country and freedom extents to even prisoners. Bogie is still playing the dashing type. This has some familiar faces. This movie has many of the same themes as other wartime films but it's not done quite as well. The structure is a flashback within a flashback within a flashback. It's not my favorite construction.