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Flight from Destiny is a 1941 American drama film noir directed by Vincent Sherman and written by Barry Trivers. The film stars Geraldine Fitzgerald, Thomas Mitchell, Jeffrey Lynn, James Stephenson, Mona Maris and Jonathan Hale. The film was released by Warner Bros. on February 8, 1941.
Flight from Destiny: Directed by Vincent Sherman. With Geraldine Fitzgerald, Thomas Mitchell, Jeffrey Lynn, James Stephenson. An elderly professor suffering from an aortic aneurysm confronts the problem of what to do, knowing that he only has a few months to live.
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- Drama, Film-Noir
- Vincent Sherman
- 1941-02-08
Scripted by Barry Trivers (with an uncredited assist from Robert Rossen and Charles Kenyon), Flight from Destiny sits intriguingly at the midway point between Edmund Goulding's classic weepy Dark Victory (1939) and Rudolph Maté's film noir cornerstone D.O.A. (1950), both of which featured terminally ill but proactive protagonists making the ...
- Vincent Sherman, Elmer Decker
- Geraldine Fitzgerald
Flight From Destiny. After his doctor informs him he will die in six months, Professor Henry Todhunter (Thomas Mitchell) decides to spend his last days killing someone who contributes nothing but ...
- Drama
- Geraldine Fitzgerald
- Vincent Sherman
Thomas Mitchell takes a "Flight from Destiny," in this 1941 film also starring Geraldine Fitzgerald, Jeffrey Lynn, and Mona Maris. Mitchell plays a professor, Thomas Todhunter, with six months to live who is told by his boss that he can't teach any longer at the university. He would like to do something meaningful in his last six months.
- Vincent Sherman
- Warner Bros. Pictures
An elderly professor suffering from an aortic aneurysm confronts the problem of what to do knowing that he only has a few months to live. After philosophy Professor Todhunter is told he has 6 months left to live, he is barred from teaching by his college so there won't be a scandal if he drops dead in class. Discussing a hypothetical man with 6 ...
Judging that Ketti is truly evil, Henry prepares to murder her. Vincent Sherman. Director. Barry Trivers. Screenplay. Anthony Berkeley. Story. After his doctor informs him he will die in six months, Professor Henry Todhunter decides to spend his last days killing someone who contributes nothing but harm to society.
