Directed by:
Mitchell LeisenCinematography:
Charles LangComposer:
Victor YoungCast:
Claudette Colbert, Ray Milland, Dennis O'Keefe, Walter Abel, Dick Purcell, George Zucco, Frank Puglia, Esther Dale, Aubrey Mather, Edith Massey, Bess Flowers (more)Plots(1)
A serious journalist is sent to France and forced to write fashion fluff pieces. Tiring of this, she decides to sneak off to find an elusive notorious rebel and write a hard-new first-hand-account of the Spanish Civil War. This lively romantic comedy chronicles her adventures after she finds him and saves him from prison by pretending he is her husband. After the break-out, they fly to France in a stolen plane. At first she only cares about her story and resists the advances of the amorous renegade. As soon as her tale hits the front page, she accepts an assignment in Berlin. She boards a train and takes off. She meets her "hubby" once again when the train accidentally runs into his car. At this point she realizes that she loves him. The two decide to hole up for a few days in a nearby French inn. While they tryst, WW II begins and she misses the scoop. That's okay, because all she and he care about now is each other. Their attitudes change dramatically when their New York-bound ship is torpedoed. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Claudette Colbert
France
Best movies:
It Happened One Night (1934)
It's a Wonderful World (1939)
Midnight (1939)
Ray Milland
UK
Best movies:
Dial M for Murder (1954)
The Lost Weekend (1945)
Love Story (1970)
Dennis O'Keefe
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
Fury (1936)
Walter Abel
USA
Best movies:
Fury (1936)
Hold Back the Dawn (1941)
Holiday Inn (1942)
Dick Purcell
USA
Best movies:
Bullets or Ballots (1936)
Follow the Fleet (1936)
In Old California (1942)
George Zucco
UK
Best movies:
The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)
After the Thin Man (1936)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
Frank Puglia
Italy
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Casablanca (1942)
Esther Dale
USA
Best movies:
Fury (1936)
A Song Is Born (1948)
The Awful Truth (1937)
Aubrey Mather
UK
Best movies:
The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
The Song of Bernadette (1943)
The Importance of Being Earnest (1952)
Edith Massey
USA
Best movies:
Female Trouble (1974)
Polyester (1981)
Desperate Living (1977)
Bess Flowers
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Rear Window (1954)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Bert Stevens
USA
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Paul Bryar
USA
Best movies:
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
Vertigo (1958)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Sam Harris
Australia
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
The Great Dictator (1940)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Harold Miller
USA
Best movies:
Song of Love (1947)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Douglas Kennedy
USA
Best movies:
Adventures of Don Juan (1948)
Johnny Belinda (1948)
North West Mounted Police (1940)
Sherry Hall
USA
Best movies:
Fury (1936)
The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)
After the Thin Man (1936)
Jean Del Val
France
Best movies:
Wait Until Dark (1967)
The Song of Bernadette (1943)
Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
Fern Emmett
USA
Best movies:
Love Crazy (1941)
The Rains Came (1939)
Swing Time (1936)
Nestor Paiva
USA
Best movies:
The Song of Bernadette (1943)
The Sea Hawk (1940)
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)