On my word of honor
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | On my word of honor |
| Original title | Uncertain Glory |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1944 |
| length | 102 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Raoul Walsh |
| script |
László Vadnay , Max Brand , Joe May |
| production | Robert Buckner |
| music | Adolph German |
| camera | Sidney Hickox |
| cut | George Amy |
| occupation | |
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On Word of Honor (Original: Uncertain Glory ) is a war and anti-Nazi propaganda film from 1944 . The main actor in the film, directed by Raoul Walsh , is Errol Flynn .
action
The film is set in Vichy France, which is occupied by the Wehrmacht. Jean Picard is a guillotine robbery murderer. Immediately before the execution, the prison is accidentally hit in an Allied bombing raid and Picard escapes.
The well-known police inspector Marcel Bonet takes up the chase and is soon able to recapture Picard. On the way back to the prison they come to a village where saboteurs have blown up a bridge shortly before. The German occupation forces have taken 100 men from the village hostage and are threatening to be shot in five days if the saboteur or saboteurs do not surrender.
Picard suggests to the inspector that he impersonate an assassin and thus save the people from the village. It would be more comfortable for him to die from a firing squad than from the guillotine. Bonet refuses at first because he doesn't trust Picard and suspects that he is just trying to buy time. He is also afraid that the fraud will be exposed and that he himself will go to prison. The Gestapo would be used to martyrs reporting false confessions and would follow up very carefully during interrogations.
After some hesitation, Bonet agreed to it. So that the Gestapo does not immediately recognize the wanted criminal in the alleged assassin and Picard, who is implausible as a patriotic saboteur, Bonet reports to his headquarters that he shot Picard while he was on the run. The body would have fallen into a river and not yet found. Picard suggests naming himself after an acquaintance who looks similar to him: Emil DuPont. In the meantime, he would have returned to his homeland, the Caribbean island of Martinique , and the Gestapo would not have to expose the false identity in the chaos of war.
Picard persuades the still suspicious Bonet to be able to use the rest of the time until the Gestapo ultimatum expires and befriends a young woman from the village. Since the villagers need a scapegoat in their distress and denounce Bonet and Picard as saboteurs in order to save their relatives, the two receive a visit from the local police, who work with the Gestapo.
Suddenly suspected of being a saboteur himself, Bonet reveals his identity as a famous police officer and poses Picard as his employee. The police show Bonet a suspect they had recently caught. The inspector also pretends to be his colleague on a secret mission, even though it is a British officer who was actually involved in the attack. Bonet's good reputation is sufficient for the local police to prove and they let the officer go. Bonet and Picard receive precise information about the course of the attack from the officer.
Bonet falls ill and can no longer monitor Picard. He wants to flee with his girlfriend, but he changes his mind and surrenders to the Gestapo at the last moment. At first they do not believe him there because several others have already tried to confess to the fact, but could not deceive the Germans. But Picard manages to convince the Gestapo with the help of the British officer's knowledge of attacks. He is arrested and saves the villagers.
Reviews
The film service writes: "A prime role for Errol Flynn in an agent drama without any deeper credibility."
Web links
- On parole in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ On my word of honor. Retrieved June 3, 2020 .