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    Hold Back the Dawn

    Hold Back the Dawn

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

    1941

    1:56:48

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    6.7/10 (45)

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    Hold Back the Dawn

    Genre

    Drama
    Romance

    Plot

    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.

    Director

    Mitchell Leisen

    Writers

    Billy Wilder, Charles Brackett, Ketti Frings,

    Stars

    Charles Boyer, Olivia de Havilland, Paulette Goddard, Victor Francen, Walter Abel,