Hold Back the Dawn

Hold Back the Dawn (1941)

Three great stars in the story of love...coldly conceived from a man's need, and a woman's desire!

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.

Date of release
1941-09-26
TMDB
6.7 / 10 (51)
Runtime
1h 56m
Genres
Drama, Romance
Director
Mitchell Leisen

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Awards: 0 · Nominations: 6

Hold Back the Dawn is a 1941 American romantic drama film directed by Mitchell Leisen, in which a Romanian gigolo marries an American woman in Mexico in order to gain entry to the United States, but winds up falling in love with her. It stars Charles Boyer, Olivia de Havilland, Paulette Goddard, Victor Francen, Walter Abel, Curt Bois, Rosemary DeCamp, and an uncredited Veronica Lake.

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