Review of Hitler- Dead or Alive (1942) by Natasha B — 12 May 2014

If you thought it was daring for Quentin Tarantino to completely disregard historical accuracy in "Inglourious Basterds" and change the ending of World War II, imagine making a film in 1942 that ended with Hitler getting assassinated - despite the fact that he was still alive in real life! Oh, and the only way for the movie to explain why the War II was still going on when audiences left the theater is to claim that a double took Hitler's place! This hilarious piece of propaganda is one the strangest historical curiosities a film buff could ever see as I guess it wanted to build up public morale by showing that a group of patriotic American gangsters could successfully sneak behind enemy lines and kill Hitler; Operation Valkyrie it ain't! The film is very low-budget and the first half is fairly dull, but it eventually becomes a laugh riot since Hitler (played by an actor named Bob Watson, whose unfortunate resemblance to Der Fuhrer caused him to be typecast in the role in no less than NINE films!) and his fellow Nazis are portrayed as a bunch of incompetent buffoons who look like they've wandered in from an episode of "Hogan's Heroes".

And how does Hitler eventually get killed, you ask? Because the good guys shave off his mustache, so that his own troops don't recognize him, mistakenly think he's an enemy, and decide to shoot him! I couldn't make this shit up!!