Watch on the Rhine

On the eve of World War II, the German Kurt Müller, his American-born wife Sara, and their three children, having lived in Europe for years, visit Sara's wealthy mother near Washington, DC. Kurt secretly works for the anti-Nazi resistance. A visiting Romanian count, becoming aware of this, seeks to blackmail him.

• Dashiell HammettScreenplay
• Herman ShumlinDirector
• Max SteinerOriginal Music Composer

• Bette DavisSara Müller
• Paul LukasKurt Müller
• Geraldine FitzgeraldMarte Brankovic
• George CoulourisTeck Brankovic
• Lucile WatsonFanny Farrelly
• Beulah BondiAnise
• Donald WoodsDavid Farrelly
• Henry DaniellPhili Von Ramme
• Eric RobertsBodo
• Donald BukaJoshua
• Anthony CarusoItalian Man
• Helmut DantineYoung Man