The story of seven people: their lives and love affairs in Madrid during the Civil War.
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| Cast overview: | |||
| Dorothy Lamour | ... | Carmelita Castillo | |
| Lew Ayres | ... | Bill Dexter | |
| Gilbert Roland | ... | Eduardo de Soto | |
| Karen Morley | ... | Baroness Helene Rafitte | |
| Lionel Atwill | ... | Col. Vigo | |
| Helen Mack | ... | Lola | |
| Robert Cummings | ... | Juan Ramos | |
| Olympe Bradna | ... | Maria Ronda | |
| Anthony Quinn | ... | Capt. Ricardo Álvarez | |
| Lee Bowman | ... | Michael Balk | |
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The story of seven people: their lives and love affairs in Madrid during the Civil War.
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informant | friend versus friend | friend dies for friend | firing squad | newsreel footage |Taglines:
Thousands Flee As Bombs Rain On MadridParents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
11 June 1937 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
De laatste trein uit Madrid See more »Company Credits
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Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)Color:
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1.37 : 1
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One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since. Its initial television broadcasts took place in Milwaukee Tuesday 28 April on WITI (Channel 6), in Pittsburgh 23 September 1959 on KDKA (Channel 2), in Omaha 13 November 1959 on KETV (Channel 7), in Toledo 16 November 1959 on WTOL Channel 11), in Johnstown 24 November 1959 on WJAC (Channel 6), and in Los Angeles 6 February 1960 on KNXT (Channel 2). It was released on DVD 8 July 2016 as part of the Universal Vault Series. See more »Goofs
When Bill Dexter and Maria Ronda are going to see her father in prison, as they are handing their pass to a guard, a moving shadow of a crew member holding a boom microphone is visible on the wall behind them. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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Before America's involvement in the Second World War, Hollywood's attitudes towards events in Europe were, to say the least, ambiguous Greed (the fear of losing foreign markets), and the threat of backlash from powerful isolationist groups within the country meant that the films tended to avoid the controversial issues of fascism Hollywood as a whole though there were a few dedicated anti-fascists prided itself on not taking sides
Two films claiming to be about the Spanish Civil War somehow managed to evade mentioning who the combatants were and what the fighting was about
'The Last Train From Madrid' is a conventional melodrama about the plight of a group of people waiting to board the last train out of a besieged Madrid The war has no other function here than to provide the element of suspense More serious is 'Blockade,'1938 directed by William Dieterle The film stars Henry Fonda as a Spanish peasant who reluctantly takes arms to defend his country