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Overview
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9 November 1957 (Sweden)
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Plot:
An American boy and a French girl run away from a Swiss school making for Paris to reunite with their parents...
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Won Golden Globe.
Another 1 win
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Movie Comments Aren't the Place for Political Statements
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Gene Kelly | ... | Michael J. Andrews |
 | Barbara Laage | ... | Suzanne Duval |
| Michael Redgrave | ... | Gen. Medworth |
| Bobby Clark | ... | Danny Andrews |
| Brigitte Fossey | ... | Janine Duval |
| Roger Tréville | ... | Dr. Solaise, Headmaster |
| Colette Deréal | ... | Hélène - Andrews' Secretary |
| Jess Hahn | ... | MP Sgt. Morgan |
| Maryse Martin | ... | The mother |
| Roger Saget | ... | Fat man in 4cv |
| Van Doude | ... | French Motorcycle Officer |
| Claire Gérard | ... | Patronne d'hotel in Valval |
| Colin Mann | ... | Armbruster, Medworth's Aide |
| Alexandre Rignault | ... | Woodcutter / Le bûcheron |
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Also Known As:
La route joyeuse (France)
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99 min
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1.66 : 1 more
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Perspecta Stereo (Westrex Recording System)
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The company that coproduced is called Kerry, after Gene Kelly's daughter.
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Referenced in "What's My Line?: (1957-06-23)" (1957)
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| au revoir les enfantophobes | ender342 |
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It's been a long time since I saw this movie, so I don't really remember enough details to rate it fairly. I do, however, dislike the preceding review in which the reviewer is commenting more on Kelly's life choices than on the movie itself. If you don't like movies about children running away, I have a suggestion: Don't Watch Them! That's like buying tickets to the ballet knowing you don't like ballets.
If you ready Kelly's biography, you'll find out there were several reasons he chose to live and work in France for some time. One of the chief reasons being that the golden age of musicals in Hollywood was winding down and he wasn't finding much work here in the states.
Yes, I realize I'm guilty of filling this post with commentary on Kelly's life choices as I just admonished the previous poster for doing. But I felt Kelly was unfairly pigeon-holed as being a Francophile by an under-educated reviewer with an innate dislike for this type of movie.