72SSIFF - 20/28 September 2024
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HOLD BACK THE DAWN / Hold back the dawn

Mitchel Leisen
USA
Synopsis

Denied immigration to the U.S., Georges Iscovescu bides his time in a Mexican border town until an encounter with Anita, his ex-mistress, comes up with the answer - marriage to an American citizen. He finds the perfect quarry in dupe schoolmistress Emmy Brown, who walks out on him soon after their wedding on learning the facts of her not-quite-so-perfect husband's past from the same ex-floozy. He is later caught red-handed on his illegal way across the border to join Emmy. 

Director
Mitchel Leisen
Screenplay
Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder
Plot
Ketti Frings
Photography
Leo Tover
Edition
Doane Harrison
Music
Victor Young
Cast
Charles Boyer (Georges Izcovescu), Olivia de Havilland (Emmy Brown), Paulette Goddard (Anita Dixon), Victor Francen (Van den Luecken)
Running Time
115 m.
Country
USA
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