The movie stars Carole Lombard (My Man Godfrey, Nothing Sacred), Jack Benny (Without Reservations, Its in the Bag), Robert Stack (Airplane, Written on the Wind), Felix Bresssart (The Shop Around the Corner, Portrait of Jennie), Lionel Atwill (House of Frankstein, Dead End Kids) and Charles Halton (Enemy of Women, Golden Boy).
The plot of the movie is a troupe of Polish actors led by Benny, help and American soldier ane the Resistance. There is a complication when Lombard, Bennys wife and fellow actor, has feelings for the soldier Stack.
I have mentioned before that it seems to me that actors of the time seem to over act and over dramitize things. When dealing with war and genoside I think movies have to be careful about dealing with the subject matter. For me the movie did not get to to a point of clarity of purpose. Im not sure there views came through.
There was a scene where Stack came across as a stalker. I guess its a sign of the times where then a stalker could be a hero of the movie now it would be a sign of mental instability. Bennys character came across as self obsessed and unlikeable. If kevin Costner can get bad reviews for his English accent for Robin Hood, then this moive is on a whole new level. These people are suspole to play people from Poland and they all spoke with perfect American accents or is it just me.
There are somethings that dont translate from one decade to another. This movie came out almost 70 years ago and what people knew about the Nazis is dramaticly diffrent from what we know today (seems logical right). Also this is suspose to be entertainment. I think there are lines that may be lost to current people. There was a scene where Hitler (or a Hitler imposter) jummping from a plane. Then a farmer has a line about first we got Ness now Hitler. The referance was lost on me.
Im rating the movie as a C-. Just go ahead and skip it.
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