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Hold Back the Dawn (1941)
Directed by Mitchell Leisen
“Three great stars in the story of love...coldly conceived from a man's need, and a woman's desire!”
Drama, Romance · 1h 56m
Romanian-French gigolo Georges Iscovescu wishes to enter the USA. Stopped in Mexico by the quota system, he decides to marry an American, then desert her and join his old partner Anita, who's done likewise. But after sweeping teacher Emmy Brown off her feet, he finds her so sweet that love and jealousy endanger his plans.
Cast
Charles Boyer
Georges Iscovescu
Olivia de Havilland
Emmy Brown
Paulette Goddard
Anita Shaughnessy
Victor Francen
Van Den Luecken
Walter Abel
Inspector Hammock
Curt Bois
Bonbois
Rosemary DeCamp
Berta Kurz
Eric Feldary
Josef Kurz
Nestor Paiva
Flores
E
Eva Puig
Lupita
Micheline Cheirel
Christine
Madeleine Lebeau
Anni
Crew
- Director
- Mitchell Leisen
- Writer
- Billy Wilder, Charles Brackett
- Director of Photography
- Leo Tover
- Editor
- Doane Harrison
- Producer
- Arthur Hornblow Jr.
Details
- Release date
- 1941-09-26
- Runtime
- 1h 56m
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English, Spanish
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Paramount Pictures