Escape in the Desert
Escape in the Desert is a thinly disguised remake of The Petrified Forest (1936), updated with a WW II angle. Cynical Dutch pilot Philip Artveld (Philip Dorn) pays a visit to the American desert before being shipped off to the Front. He wanders into a lonely inn, where he befriends starry-eyed watiress Jane (Jean Sullivan). Before long, Philip, Jane, and several other innocent bystanders find themselves being held captive by a group of escaped German POWS, led by Captain Becker (Helmut Dantine). (allrovi.com)
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Escape in the Desert

1945
Drama
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Rated 14 Feb 2020
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If you look at this as a remake The Petrified Forest (1936), you're probable letting yourself in for a disappointment. But honestly there are enough changes, making it into a Nazi hunt instead, to make it feel like a different story. Though, the surrounding atmosphere of this place feels very familiar. It's a slow build, but the excitement did creep-up on me and a hot action climax to finish it off. Philip Dorn carried himself real well, I felt.

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