He Stayed for Breakfast (1940)
Meet the merriest mad man that ever barged into a lady's boudoir!
Set in Paris, this romantic comedy revolves around the beautiful estranged wife of a wealthy banker who hides a handsome and fiery Communist fugitive in her apartment.
- Date of release
- 1940-08-31
- TMDB
- 8.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 1h 29m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Director
- Alexander Hall
Casting
- Loretta Young — Marianna Duval
- Melvyn Douglas — Paul Boliet
- Eugene Pallette — Maurice Duval
- Alan Marshal — Andre Dorlay
- Una O'Connor — Doreta
- Curt Bois — Comrade Tronavich
- Leonid Kinskey — Comrade Nicky
- Trevor Bardette — Police Lieutenant
- Grady Sutton — Salesman
- Frank Sully — Butcher
- Evelyn Young — Secretary
- Ethelreda Leopold — Secretary
Interesting facts
He Stayed for Breakfast is a 1940 American romantic comedy film directed by Alexander Hall, based on the 1934 play Ode to Liberty by Sidney Howard, itself adapted from the French play Liberté provisoire by Michel Duran.
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