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Plot

Better known as Reunion in France, this women's-magazine-style romantic melodrama was the first major production for director Jules Dassin -- who was promptly demoted back to the MGM "B" department when the picture tanked at the box office. Joan Crawford stars as Frenchwoman Michele de la Becque, who comes to believe that her fiancé, wealthy munitions manufacturer Robert Cortot (Philip Dorn) is a Nazi collaborator. When her suspicions are apparently corroborated, Michelle falls in love with Pat Talbot (John Wayne), a downed American aviator stranded in occupied Paris. Only then does Michelle discover that she's been all wrong about Cortot -- but what to do about Talbot, who has been marked for death by the Gestapo? Ava Gardner has a tiny role as a Parisian shopgirl.
MPAA Rating:
Not Yet Rated
Genre(s):
Drama,Romance,War
Run Time:
104min.
Theatrical Release Date:
02/23/2009
DVD Release Date:
05/22/2007
Distributor(s):
MGM
Director(s):
Jules Dassin
Starring:
Joan Crawford , John Wayne , Philip Dorn , Reginald Owen , Albert Basserman
Themes:
Life Under Occupation,Otherwise Engaged,Love Triangles
Tone:
Passionate,Tense
Keywords:
Nazism,barnstorming,behind-enemy-lines,escape,help,hidden,lover,occupation [military],on-the-run,romance,war