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Bomber's Moon
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Wikipedia article
'Bomber's Moon' is a 1943 American wartime propaganda film, produced by 20th Century Fox, based on an unpublished magazine serial "Bomber's Moon" by Leonard Lee.Evans 2000, p. 30.
Plot
Captain Jeff Dakin (George Montgomery) is shot down over Germany on a bombing raid. He sees his brother, Danny (Richard Graham), serving on the same aircraft, shot dead as he parachutes out of the stricken aircraft. Imprisoned in a camp, Dakin conspires with Alexandra "Alec" Zorich (Annabella), a beautiful Russian doctor, and Captain Paul Husnik (Kent Taylor), a Czech resistance leader, to mount an escape. They escape during an air raid and make their way towards safety, but the Czech is not who he seems.
Husnik is really Gestapo officer Paul von Block, who wants to get Alec to lead him to the leaders of the Czech underground movement. Killing the underground leader, von Block summons the Gestapo, but Dakin overpowers him and together with Alec, goes on the run. Reaching the Netherlands, Dakin learns that his bomber is now repaired, with the Nazis planning a mysterious flight to England. Disguised as a German soldier, Dakin finds out his brother's killer, Major. Von Streicher (Martin Kosleck), is to pilot the aircraft on a mission to kill Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Stealing a German aircraft, Dakin exacts his revenge by shooting down Von Streicher. Landing in England, he is reunited with Alec, who has made her way there.
Cast
* George Montgomery as Jeffrey Dakin
* Annabella as Alexandra "Alec" Zorich
* Kent Taylor as Paul von Block
* Walter Kingsford as Professor Mueller
* Martin Kosleck as 'Luftwaffe' Maj. von Streicher
* Dennis Hoey as 'Gestapo' Col. von Grunow
* Robert Barrat as Ernst
* Leon Tyler as Karl
* Lionel Royce as Derbitz
* Victor Kilian as Henryk van Seeler
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Production
Although a low-budget production, entirely filmed at the 20th Century Fox studio lot, a total of six directors worked on the film. Shortly after completing 'Bomber's Moon', George Montgomery enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps and did not appear in another film until the 1946 20th Century Fox production 'Three Little Girls in Blue'. French actress Annabella also filmed 'Tonight We Raid Calais' (1943) and '13 Rue Madeleine' (1947).
Reception
Strictly a "B" film, 'Bomber's Moon' was not well received. The contemporary review in 'The New York Times' succinctly summed it up as "shoddy" and "... second-rate Hollywood."T.S. [https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=980DEFDD1738E33BBC4950DFB1668388659EDE "Movie Review."] 'The New York Times,' July 31, 1943. Retrieved March 22, 2012.
References
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* Evans, Alun. 'Brassey's Guide to War Films'. Dulles, Virginia: Potomac Books, 2000. .
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