Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Excellent, Without a doubt!!

best movie i've ever seen.

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

. . . as all the Frenchmen except Sydney Greenstreet's Major Duval character seem hellbent on killing every Nazi or Hitler sympathizer they can get in their machine gun sights during PASSAGE TO MARSEILLE. (If Fox News were around in 1944, I'm sure they would deride this flick for NOT being fair and balanced, no doubt labeling it a ploy of the liberal media and pinko Hollywood designed to win support for Russians and other enemies of capitalism.) While it is true that the one thing Nazi forces do in MARSEILLE that gets under everyone's skin is strafing the freighter full of nickel ore that Humphrey Bogart's Jean Matrac character and his comrades are defending (resulting in Bogie machine gunning the surrendering plane crew minutes AFTER he's brought down their aircraft), the Nazi approach here seems counter-productive. Major Duval and his ship's radio officer henchman had informed the German high command that the freighter carried raw materials vital to the Nazi war effort, so why in the heck would they try to sink this ship?

See it – This is more of an adventure movie, but it takes place during WWII, so we'll call it a war movie. The story is told in a flashback, and flashbacks within the flashback. Humphrey Bogart stars as a patriotic French convict who escapes from his island prison and journeys thousands of miles to help his country fight in the war. Adventures take place over land, air, and sea. The scene where Bogart is furiously firing his machine gun from the ship deck railing at attacking German aircraft is one the most iconic moments in early Hollywood history. I love watching WWII movies that were made while the actual war was still going on. This inspirational classic is heroic and tragic, yet full of hope. 2.5 action rating.

After an astounding success of "Casablanca" in 1942, Hollywood (thing didn't change a bit)wants to squeeze more money out of that French resistance business. And here comes "Passage to Marseille". As it almost always happens in these situations the magic is completely gone. Most of the actors are rehired in similar roles (and they are all to one great, old pros), the plot has certain flair, but movie just doesn't have any fizz. Mr. Bogart's New York accent is a joke, Mr.Greenstreet pulls all the old, tired tricks from his sleeve, and the rest of the cast is just doing the job. This movie is a charming little piece of propaganda and it belongs to dusty shelves of some old film museum.

This is one of the better American propaganda films made during WWII--as it not only did an excellent job of entertaining and encouraging the folks at home, but it was also well made--with some wonderful performances. I am not just saying that because I am a huge Humphrey Bogart fan--after all, despite his having top billing, it is really an ensemble film. No, Warner Brothers did a bang-up job of getting excellent character actors, combining them with excellent direction as well as an excellent story. About the only serious negative about the film was the structure of the film itself (not the plot). The film begins with two men talking and the movie is told through flashbacks. This is a common theme in older films and I don't mind it at all,...within limits. But, when the flashback begins to have a flashback and this other flashback diverges into yet another flashback, it just looks like sloppy writing--and this is a real shame as the dialog and plot are very good. So my advice is to still watch the film and try to look past this odd style. If you do, you will be rewarded with an excellent film filled with excellent acting, dialog and a rousing and not too unbelievable series of adventures.By the way, for historians and airplane lovers out there, the film is really a mixed bag. In the beginning of the film, Bogart's bomber changes from what appears to be a B-17 A, B, C or D to a B-17 E or F in mid-flight. While in some planes the differences between versions of a model are usually pretty insignificant, in the B-17 it was such a radical redesign, it really does look like two totally different planes. So in this case, they did a lousy job of paying attention to details. However, late in the film when the ship is attacked by a German patrol plane, the attacking plane really does look like a real FW-200--the standard German plane for such anti-shipping details. This type of plane is rarely, if ever, shown in movies and I liked how someone at Warner Brothers really cared to try to get it right.