Film

Hold Back the Dawn

1941 · 1h 56m · Drama · Romance

Three great stars in the story of love...coldly conceived from a man's need, and a woman's desire!

IMDb

7.3

Rotten Tomatoes

100%

Metacritic

79

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.

Charles Boyer

Georges Iscovescu

Olivia de Havilland

Emmy Brown

Paulette Goddard

Anita Shaughnessy

Victor Francen

Van Den Luecken

Walter Abel

Inspector Hammock

Curt Bois

Bonbois

Rosemary DeCamp

Berta Kurz

Eric Feldary

Josef Kurz

Nestor Paiva

Flores

Eva Puig

Lupita

Micheline Cheirel

Christine

Madeleine Lebeau

Anni

Billy Lee

Tony

Mikhail Rasumny

Mechanic

Charles Arnt

Mr. MacAdams

Arthur Loft

Mr. Elvestad

• Mitchell LeisenDirector
• Billy WilderWriter
• Charles BrackettWriter
• Ketti FringsStory
• Arthur Hornblow Jr.Producer
• Leo ToverDirector of Photography
• Doane HarrisonEditor

Release date

September 26, 1941

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 56m

Rated

NR

Genres

Drama, Romance

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