Uncertain Glory

1944
Approved
1h 42m

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7.1/10

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After a career criminal is recaptured and knows he faces the guillotine, he offers to exchange his life for 100 hostages slated for execution by the Germans.After a career criminal is recaptured and knows he faces the guillotine, he offers to exchange his life for 100 hostages slated for execution by the Germans.After a career criminal is recaptured and knows he faces the guillotine, he offers to exchange his life for 100 hostages slated for execution by the Germans.

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IMDb RATING

7.1/10

1.5K

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Errol Flynn

Jean Picard

Paul Lukas

Inspector Marcel Bonet

Lucile Watson

Mme. Maret

Faye Emerson

Louise

James Flavin

Captain of Mobile Guard

Douglass Dumbrille

Police Commissioner LaFarge
(as Douglas Dumbrille)

Dennis Hoey

Father Le Clerc

Sheldon Leonard

Henrí Duval

Odette Myrtil

Mme. Bonet

Francis Pierlot

Father La Borde

Jean Sullivan

Marianne

Felix Basch

Gestapo Major
(uncredited)

Frederic Brunn

German Soldier Reporting to Major
(uncredited)

Nora Bush

Townswoman
(uncredited)

James Carlisle

Townsman
(uncredited)

Wallis Clark

Razeau
(uncredited)

Pedro de Cordoba

Executioner
(uncredited)

Fred Cordova

Execution Guard
(uncredited)

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Trivia
Errol Flynn was criticized for playing heroes in World War II movies. Tony Thomas in his book 'Errol Flynn: The Spy Who Never Was' states that Flynn had tried to enlist in every branch of any armed services he could but was rejected as unfit for service on the grounds of his health. He had a heart condition, tuberculosis, malaria and a back problem. Flynn felt he could contribute to America's war effort by appearing in such films as Edge of Darkness (1943); Northern Pursuit (1943); Dive Bomber (1941), Objective, Burma! (1945) and Uncertain Glory (1944). Reportedly, Flynn was at his most professional and co-operative he ever was whilst working on Second World War movies. The studios apparently did not diffuse the criticism of Flynn's state-of-health as they wished to keep it quiet for fear of his box-office draw waning.

Goofs
About 1:20 into the film, there is a scene where the French police are coming into the town at night. One, on a motorcycle, rounding a corner, seemingly slips on the wet cobblestones and crashes in front of the camera - the shadow of his head flashes across the bottom of the screen and the sound of his presumed crash can be heard.

Quotes
Jean Picard: [indignantly to the barber just before he is to be sent to face the guillotine] My head comes off as it is!

Connections
Featured in The Adventures of Errol Flynn (2005)

Soundtracks
La Marseillaise
(1792) (uncredited)
Music by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle
Variations in the score often

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Featured review

8/10

Good Film

I am like the poster who managed to go 40 years without seeing this movie. I can say that I liked it very much.

Yes it was a war time movie with all the baggage that entails, but the acting and story were good especially for this genre. It had tension and that tension never really let up for long. The turns and twists of the story were well grounded and the actions made sense within the context of some theatrical license. As with most movie buffs, your mind is ahead of the movie. But in this one I was never really sure which way the story would turn until the end. To me, that is a job well done.

I suppose if it were made today, Flynn would have been just as likely to not have done the noble thing. In the interests of a just society, I am glad he did. I too thought it was one of his best performances.