Hold Back the Dawn (1941)

Name: Hold Back the Dawn
Director: Mitchell Leisen
Released: 1941-09-26
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Charles Boyer, Olivia de Havilland, Paulette Goddard, Victor Francen, Walter Abel

DramaRomance

116 min

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

Plot Summary

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.