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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Charles Boyer | ... | Georges Iscovescu | |
| Olivia de Havilland | ... | Emmy Brown | |
| Paulette Goddard | ... | Anita Dixon | |
| Victor Francen | ... | Van Den Luecken | |
| Walter Abel | ... | Inspector Hammock | |
| Curt Bois | ... | Bonbois | |
| Rosemary DeCamp | ... | Berta Kurz | |
| Eric Feldary | ... | Josef Kurz | |
| Nestor Paiva | ... | Fred Flores | |
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Eva Puig | ... | Lupita |
| Micheline Cheirel | ... | Christine | |
| Madeleine Lebeau | ... | Anni | |
| Billy Lee | ... | Tony | |
| Mikhail Rasumny | ... | Mechanic | |
| Charles Arnt | ... | Mr. John MacAdams | |
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Told in flashback from a preface in which the main character visits Paramount to sell his story! 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. Written by Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
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Country:
USARelease Date:
26 September 1941 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Memo to a Movie Director See more »Filming Locations:
Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA See more »Company Credits
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Cop 2 in Patrol Car: Sassy, awful sassy.
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(1792) (uncredited)
Music by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle
Played by the band during the celebration near the end
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The "school bus" is from Azusa, CA, in Los Angeles county. It's 139 miles to Tiajuana (the border city.) even today it's over two hours. Before the interstates, much longer. See more »Goofs
Boyer pulls over to read a sign on a pole over the road. However the writing is on the north side of the sign , he stops south of it and could not need it- The writing on the north of the sign is on the wrong side of the highway as its above the highway 101 north lanes, and would not be visible from the opposite, southbound lanes. See more »Quotes
Cop in Patrol Car: Well, how do you like that for parking?Cop 2 in Patrol Car: Sassy, awful sassy.
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Released prints for the Latin American markets included on-screen credits for technical advisors Padre Canseco, Ernesto A. Romero and assistant director Francisco Alonso. See more »Soundtracks
La Marseillaise(1792) (uncredited)
Music by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle
Played by the band during the celebration near the end
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It is a sad reflection that many of the movies made so long ago still compare brilliantly with the best of today. "Hold Back the Dawn" is one of those - superbly put together by Billy Wilder & Charles Brackett, and with some of the finest acting of 1941. Outtanding are Charles Boyer, in what I feel is his best acting, and Olivia de Havilland who apparently had to go to Paramount to be appreciated (her two Oscar films were made there, and she was nominated also for this one!) is a standout. Paulette Goddard in a role almost written for her was very good, and the supporting cast was excellent. Migrants trying to get into the United States has always been a hot topic, but here it is treated sympathetically in a very informative way. I have to say the ending was not well done, and one gets the feeling all was not well somewhere.