While traveling in France during the Nazi invasion of 1940, an Englishman is entrusted with the care of a group of refugee children.
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| Monty Woolley | ... | John Sidney Howard | |
| Roddy McDowall | ... | Ronnie Cavanaugh | |
| Anne Baxter | ... | Nicole Rougeron | |
| Otto Preminger | ... | Major Diessen | |
| J. Carrol Naish | ... | Aristide Rougeron | |
| Lester Matthews | ... | Mr. Cavanaugh | |
| Jill Esmond | ... | Mrs. Cavanaugh | |
| Ferike Boros | ... | Madame | |
| Peggy Ann Garner | ... | Sheila Cavanaugh | |
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Merrill Rodin | ... | Willem |
| Maurice Tauzin | ... | Pierre | |
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Fleurette Zama | ... | Rose |
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William Edmunds | ... | Frenchman |
| Marcel Dalio | ... | Focquet | |
| Marcelle Corday | ... | Madame Bonne | |
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Englishman Mr Howard is on a fishing holiday in eastern France when the Germans invade in 1940. Setting off to try and get back home he is persuaded to take along the two Cavanaugh children, and as his journey progresses his family keeps growing in size. Once in German-occupied northern France a new problem arises - the risk of being heard speaking English. Written by Jeremy Perkins {J-26}
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21 August 1942 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Major Diessen: Nein, nicht mehr "Heil Hitler".
Anna: Gut.
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Nevil Shute's original novel was a huge bestseller at the time of its release, as the world grew to accept that it was at war again. See more »Quotes
Anna: Nicht mehr "Heil Hitler"?Major Diessen: Nein, nicht mehr "Heil Hitler".
Anna: Gut.
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I happened to be only 9 yrs old when I saw this movie for the first and only time in 1967 in Novato, CA ....Even I could understand it at that age...The 2 scenes I remember best were when Woolley's character: 1. ...Asked the Nazi officer if they've captured "him yet". The officer asks: "Who?", and Woolley replies firmly: "Hitler". Officer replies back in the negative, then Woolley defiantly but bravely yells back: ''BAHH!", then strides out of the officer's room. 2...Is brought another stray child to his group by someone unknown. A woman in Woolley's group tries to speak to the child to find out more. The child replies in an unknown language. Then the womans exclaims: "That sounds like Dutch!" (The reason I remember this so much is at age 9 I was shocked to see a war scene of an orphaned child speaking a foreign language. Where were the parents?, I thought. They must have been killed...)