He Stayed for Breakfast

1940Movie⏱️ 1h 29mApproved

Comedy

⭐ 6.3

IMDB Rating

231 votes

In Paris, the estranged wife of a wealthy banker hides a fiery communist fugitive in her apartment.

Director

Alexander Hall

Writers

P.J. Wolfson, Ernest Vajda, Michael Fessier

Stars

Loretta Young, Melvyn Douglas, Alan Marshal

Release Date

January 10, 1941

Language

English

Country

United States

🏆 4

Wins

💬 5

Reviews

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🎭 Top Cast

Loretta Young

as Marianne Duval

Melvyn Douglas

as Paul Boliet

Alan Marshal

as Andre Dorlay

Eugene Pallette

as Maurice Duval

Una O'Connor

as Doreta

Curt Bois

as Comrade Tronavich

Leonid Kinskey

as Comrade Nicky

Trevor Bardette

as Police Lieutenant

Grady Sutton

as Salesman

Frank Sully

as Butcher

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio

1.37 : 1

Color

Black and White

Production

B.P. Schulberg Productions, Columbia Pictures

🏷️ Keywords

screwball comedycommunistboudoirchauffeurpomposity

🎯 Categories

Comedy

⭐ Featured Review

good, fun comedy

by blanche-2 • 2017-11-04

7/10

"Loretta Young, Melvin Douglas, Alan Marshal, and Eugene Palette star in "He Stayed for Breakfast," a comedy from 1940. This has been described as the reverse of Ninotchka. In this story, luminous, beautiful, exquisitely dressed Loretta Young is married to but separated from the wealthy Maurice (Pallette). We assume she married him for money. She is being courted not only by her husband but by another man, Andre (Marshal). A rabble-rousing communist, Paul Boliet (Douglas) uses her home as a hideout since the police are outside. With the police searching and suitors visiting, chaos e..."