Hold Back the Dawn

Hold Back the Dawn

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1941-09-26

Languages:

English, Spanish

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

116 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

7.6 (1050 Reviews)

Director:

Mitchell Leisen

Genres:

DramaRomance

Cast:

Writer:

Ketti Frings (story)

Charles Brackett

Billy Wilder

Fullplot:

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.

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