Directed by:
Herman ShumlinScreenplay:
Robert BucknerCinematography:
James Wong HoweComposer:
Franz WaxmanCast:
Charles Boyer, Lauren Bacall, Victor Francen, Wanda Hendrix, George Coulouris, Peter Lorre, Katina Paxinou, John Warburton, Holmes Herbert, Dan Seymour (more)VOD (1)
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During the Spanish Civil War, a republican courier travels to England to try and buy coal. He meets with an amount of local hostility, while his life is at risk from those on the fascist side. Support comes from an unlikely if attractive quarter. (MUBI)
Cast
Charles Boyer
France
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Lauren Bacall
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Victor Francen
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Wanda Hendrix
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George Coulouris
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John Warburton
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Dan Seymour
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John Rogers
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Frank Hagney
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William Stack
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