Review of Bon Voyage (1944)

Going into this French-language progaganda film, I didn't know what to expect. It's running time is just over 24 minutes, and thus I was interested to know what Hitchcock managed to do in such a short space of time. It tells the tale of a young RAF pilot, who gives his version of how he managed to escape from German-occupied France back to Britain, the twist being that his version of the story is not entirely correct. But it's the twist that, although being the whole point of the film, undoes the film somewhat as it swings from a morale-booster to suddenly telling the audience how ineffective the French Resistance is. It's well made but has none of Hitchcock's technical mastery, tension or a great performance from his lead actor. But at less than half an hour long, what should I have expected?

3/5 for historical purposes only.