The read
Critics rate it 30 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 27m.
Synopsis
Englishman Mr. Howard is on a fishing holiday in eastern France when the Germans invade in 1940. Setting off to try and get back home he is persuaded to take along the two Cavanaugh children, and as his journey progresses his family keeps growing in size. Once in German-occupied northern France a new problem arises — the risk of being heard speaking English.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 30 points higher than audiences do.
15 audience votes
Key crew
- Irving PichelDirector
- Nunnally JohnsonScreenplay
- Alfred NewmanOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Monty WoolleyJohn Sidney Howard
- Roddy McDowallRonnie Cavanaugh
- Anne BaxterNicole Rougeron
- Otto PremingerMajor Diessen
- J. Carrol NaishAristide Rougeron
- Lester MatthewsMr. Cavanaugh
- Jill EsmondMrs. Cavanaugh
- Ferike BorosMadame
- Peggy Ann GarnerSheila Cavanaugh
- Merrill RodinWillem
- Maurice TauzinPierre
- Fleurette ZamaRose