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17 June 1938 (USA)
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Romance under Fire ! Love versus Bullets and a million souls
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A simple peasant is forced to take up arms to defend his farm during the Spanish Civil War. Along the...
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Spanish Civil War
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Beautiful Woman
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Nominated for 2 Oscars.
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When the ship comes in
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Madeleine Carroll | ... | Norma |
 | Henry Fonda | ... | Marco |
| Leo Carrillo | ... | Luis |
| John Halliday | ... | Andre Gallinet |
| Vladimir Sokoloff | ... | Basil, Norma's Father |
| Robert Warwick | ... | General Vallejo |
| Reginald Denny | ... | Edward Grant |
| Peter Godfrey | ... | Magician |
| William B. Davidson | ... | Commandant |
| Katherine DeMille | ... | Cabaret Girl |
| Fred Kohler | ... | Pietro |
| Carlos De Valdez | ... | Major del Rio |
| Nick Thompson | ... | Seppo |
| George Houston | ... | The Troubador (as George Byron) |
| Lupita Tovar | ... | Palm Reader |
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Disclaimer on film and connected paper - Note: Care has been taken to prevent any costume of the production from being accurately that of either side in the Spanish civil war. The story does not attempt to favor any cause in the present conflict,
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Referenced in The Tramp and the Dictator (2002) (V)
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The Fonda/Caroll romance is one of the weakest you can see in a thirties film.He seems to appear haphazardly at the most awkward moments.That leads us to a Corneille-like situation:Fonda has killed his love's father.
Politically,the film remains vague,always referring to the enemy as "they" like in Borzage 's 'three comrades" (but that was a great film though).The war was over on the first of March 1939;thus the film ,made in 1938,warns us ,in a clumsy way,that it's only the beginning:propaganda movies can be great,but it takes a strong screenplay (best example:"the mortal storm" Frank Borzage) and not a cat and mouse play between spies ,corrupt officers and profiteers of war.
In consequence ,the best scenes ,IMHO,are those which deal with the masses;the starving faces ,watching the ship sinking down are reminiscent of Eisenstein,whose influence was huge at the time.