Reunion in France (1942)

Director:

Jules Dassin

Writers:

Leslie Bush-Fekete (story)
Jan Lustig (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

25 December 1942 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance | War

Tagline:

WHAT A THRILL! Startling drama of a stranded Yankee flyer and a Parisian beauty!

Plot:

Frenchwoman Michele de la Becque, an opponent of the Nazis in German-occupied Paris, hides a downed American flyer...

Plot Keywords:

Nazi | Party | Arc De Triomphe Paris | Black Market | Military

Cast

Joan Crawford	...	Michelle 'Mike' de la Becque
John Wayne	...	Pat Talbot
Philip Dorn	...	Robert Cortot
Reginald Owen	...	Schultz, Gestapo agent. assumed name of Pinkum
Albert Bassermann	...	General Hugo Schroeder
John Carradine	...	Ulrich Windler, head of Gestapo in Paris
Anne Ayars	...	Juliette Pinot (as Ann Ayars)
J. Edward Bromberg	...	Durand, a French policeman
Moroni Olsen	...	Paul Grebeau
Henry Daniell	...	Emile Fleuron
Howard Da Silva	...	Anton Stregel, Gestapo agent
Charles Arnt	...	Honore, Robert's butler
Morris Ankrum	...	Martin
Edith Evanson	...	Genevieve
Ernst Deutsch	...	Captain occupying Michelle's house (as Ernest Dorian)

Also Known As:

Mademoiselle France (UK)
Reunion

Runtime:

104 min | USA:99 min (Turner library print)

Country:

USA

Language:

English | German

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Certification:

Australia:G | Finland:S | Sweden:15 | USA:Approved (PCA #8877) | USA:Passed (National Board of Review)

Company:

Loew's

Trivia:

Keenan Wynn was listed in an early production chart as a cast member, and Hans Conried was in a news item as a cast member, but neither were in the final release print.

Quotes:

Michelle 'Mike' de la Becque: There is something you and/or the German army can do. Nevermind, I'm sure it's punishable by death.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Xtro (1983)

Soundtrack:

Symphony No. 5 in C Minor

Joan as patriot

Decked out in gowns and outfits designed by Irene, Joan Crawford plays the French version of Scarlett O'Hara with her "Oh, war, war, war" grumbling until she has to duck a bomb while on vacation. Returning to Paris, she finds her house commandeered by the Nazis. She gets only one room for herself and those gowns. In the meantime, her boyfriend, played by Philip Dorn, seems to have gone over to the dark side and is living high. Once she realizes that, she refuses to have anything to do with him. Her patriotism for her country comes to the surface when she helps an RAF pilot on the run, played by John Wayne. Despite some of the other comments on the film, I rather enjoy the handsome Wayne out of his spurs and boots. Because of Wayne, Crawford has to make it look like she's reuniting with her old beau, who has the power to arrange to get him out of the country.

Very entertaining.