Añade un argumento en tu idiomaDuring WWI, action hero Robeson escapes an unjust death sentence to ramble around Arabia.During WWI, action hero Robeson escapes an unjust death sentence to ramble around Arabia.During WWI, action hero Robeson escapes an unjust death sentence to ramble around Arabia.
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- CuriosidadesPaul Robeson considered this film one of his most positive accomplishments in projecting a screen image of a Black man with courage, honor, self-sacrifice, and intelligence who achieves success and happiness.
- PifiasJericho has a cross, presumably in red, at the entrance to his clinic. Seeing as he is in a predominately Muslim country, the symbol should be a Red Crescent - first used during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78.
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Capt. Mack: I know its tough, all right; but, war is tough, isn't it?
Cpl. Jericho Jackson: Yes, war. But, I want to learn how to kill? No, but they taught me and taught me until my arms ached sinking steel into sandbags. These hands that I want to use to heal, to save life, to give life, turned into hands for killing.
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Paul Robeson shines as a GI who disobeys orders to abandon a torpedoed ship in order to pry loose a door and free 6 fellow Negro soldiers. He punches his sergeant, who falls and hits his head and dies, while Robeson continues his effort and succeeds in rescuing the men. His captain, Henry Wilcoxon, stands up for him at a hearing, declaring it would be unjust to punish a man for a heroic deed. But the major in charge disagrees, since Robeson disobeyed orders and struck a superior officer. He is put under arrest pending a court-martial. On Christmas Eve, Wilcoxon lets Robeson out of his cell to join fellow soldiers at a Christmas songfest, but Robeson escapes in a small boat, befriending Wallace Ford, the only other person in the boat. They head for Africa and Robeson starts a new happy life in the desert, marrying Princess Kouka, who bears him two children. Meanwhile, Wilcoxon is court-martialed for complicity in the escape and sentenced to Leavenworth for five years. When he gets out, his only object in life is to find and bring back Robeson, who could clear hum of the complicity charge. Wilcoxon accidentally sees Robeson in a newsreel some explorers shot while in Africa, and he goes to bring him back.
Two original songs were written for Robeson, whose rich baritone voice is always a pleasure to hear. There's also a bit of adventure in the film, as Robeson leads a 12-mile-long caravan of camels trekking to an area to pick up a year's supply of salt. In an exciting sequence, they have to fight off a group of bandits.
Two original songs were written for Robeson, whose rich baritone voice is always a pleasure to hear. There's also a bit of adventure in the film, as Robeson leads a 12-mile-long caravan of camels trekking to an area to pick up a year's supply of salt. In an exciting sequence, they have to fight off a group of bandits.
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By what name was Jericho (1937) officially released in Canada in English?
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