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Reunion in France

Reunion in France

1942Movie⏱️ 1h 44mApproved
DramaRomanceWar
6.3
IMDB Rating
2,022 votes

In German-occupied Paris, a Frenchwoman tries to help smuggle a downed RAF pilot into Portugal despite strict surveillance by suspicious Gestapo officers.

Director
Jules Dassin
Writers
Jan Lustig, Marvin Borowsky, Marc Connelly
Stars
Joan Crawford, John Wayne, Philip Dorn
Release Date
December 25, 1942
Language
English, German, French
Country
United States
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🎭 Top Cast

Joan Crawford
Joan Crawford
as Michele de la Becque
John Wayne
John Wayne
as Pat Talbot
Philip Dorn
Philip Dorn
as Robert Cortot
Reginald Owen
Reginald Owen
as Schultz
Albert Bassermann
Albert Bassermann
as General Hugo Schroeder
John Carradine
John Carradine
as Ulrich Windler
Ann Ayars
Ann Ayars
as Juliette
J. Edward Bromberg
J. Edward Bromberg
as Durand
Moroni Olsen
Moroni Olsen
as Paul Grebeau
Henry Daniell
Henry Daniell
as Emile Fleuron

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Color
Black and White
Filming Location
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

🏷️ Keywords

american in europewartime romancefrancewayne and crawfordescape by airplane

🎯 Categories

DramaRomanceWar

⭐ Featured Review

The second half is fabulous, worth getting through the long set up...
by secondtake2011-04-11
7/10

"Reunion in France (1942) First important fact: this movie, about the first year of WWII when Hitler took over France, was released a month before "Casablanca." It does not compare in most ways with the drama, the humor, the writing, the music, the velocity, and the legendary actors of the more famous movie. But it is a very good movie with an interesting early pro-American, pro-French message. Joan Crawford crackles as much as she can in a topsy turvy role, going from spoiled and frivolous rich woman Michele de la Becque to (briefly) a refugee to, finally, an ordinary woman fighting..."

💡 Did You Know?

In an appearance on The Merv Griffin Show (1962) on March 7, 1963, Joan Crawford was asked about working with John Wayne. She said, "...I'd wanted to work with him for so long, and Merv, when we really worked together it was the lousiest script I have ever seen or read in my life. I think he will verify that."

📖 Synopsis

In German-occupied Paris, a Frenchwoman tries to help smuggle a downed RAF pilot into Portugal despite strict surveillance by suspicious Gestapo officers.