Paris Calling is a 1941 American war film noir directed by Edwin L. Marin and starring Randolph Scott, Elisabeth Bergner and Basil Rathbone. It was produced by Universal Pictures before America's entry into World War II and released just after the Attack on Pearl Harbor.
Plot
Cast
- Elisabeth Bergner as Marianne Jannetier
- Randolph Scott as Lt. Nicholas 'Nick' Jordan
- Basil Rathbone as Andre Benoit
- Gale Sondergaard as Colette
- Lee J. Cobb as Captain Schwabe
- Charles Arnt as Lt. Lantz
- Edward Ciannelli as Mouche
- Elisabeth Risdon as Madame Jannetier
- Georges Renavent as Butler
- William Edmunds as Prof. Marceau
- J. Pat O'Malley as Sgt. Bruce McAvoy
- George Metaxa as Waiter
- Paul Leyssac as Chief of underground
- Gene Garrick as Wolfgang Schmitt
- Paul Bryar as Paul
- Otto Reichow as Gruber
- Adolph Milar as Gestapo agent
- Marion Murray as Charie
- Grace Lenard as Marie
- Yvette Bentley as Simone
- Marcia Ralston as Renne
Production notes
- Production dates: July 22 to Mid-September 1941
- This was the first film made in America by noted European stage and screen actress Elisabeth Bergner, whose name is spelled "Elizabeth" in the onscreen credits.
References
Bibliography
- Dick, Bernard F. The Star-Spangled Screen: The American World War II Film. University Press of Kentucky, 2015.
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