Radio review – SGP – “The North Star” (1944) *1/2

Dreary tale of happy Ukranians (or someone out that way) whose idyllic village life is interrupted by German attack. Very bloodthirsty in the way that stories by leftists tend to be – a Russian doctor blows away a traitor, killing him in cold blood really (the best scene). A strong cast – Walter Huston (a dab hand at occupation tales), Anne Baxter, Farley Granger, etc – can’t surmount a dull story and stock characters. This surely influenced Red Dawn.