ID

FBW000990      Fiction

Country / Year

USA, 1945

Original Title

ESCAPE IN THE DESERT / STRANGERS IN OUR MIDST

Directed by

Edward A. Blatt

Produced by

Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., Burbank, CA / New York, NY

Staff

Producer: Alex Gottlieb; Script: Thomas Job; Based on: Robert E. Sherwood ("The Petrified Forest" / Bühnestück); Adaptation: Marvin Borowsky; Camera: Robert Burks; Special optical effects: Willard Van Enger; Editing: Owen Marks; Art direction: John Hughes; Music: Adolph Deutsch; Musical direction: Leo F. Forbstein

Cast

Jean Sullivan (Jane); Philip Dorn (Philip Artveld); Irene Manning (Mrs. Lora Tedder); Helmut Dantine (Capt. Becker); Alan Hale, Sr. (Dr. Orville Tedder); Samuel S. Hinds (Gramp); Bill Kennedy (Hank Albright); Kurt Kreuger (Lt. von Kleist); Rudolf Amendt-Anders (als: Rudolph Anders) (Hoffman); Hans Schumm (Klaus); Blayney Lewis (Danny, 10 years old)

Length

79'

Format

35mm/sw/1:1,37

Abstract

Dutch flier Philip Artveld is hitchhiking across America on his way to duty in the Pacific and meets Jane in a lonely desert diner. Soon the place is invaded by Nazis, led by Capt. Becker, who has escaped a desert POW compound.

Subject Terms

Anti-Nazi films (US)

Bibliography

- Nash, Ray R. / Ross, Stanley R. / Conelly, Robert B. (Ed.): Motion Picture Guide. Chicago, IL: Cinebooks, 1987