Charles Boyer
Georges Iscovescu
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Hold Back the Dawn is a 1941 American romantic drama film directed by Mitchell Leisen, in which a Romanian gigolo marries an American woman in Mexico in order to gain entry to the United States, but winds up falling in love with her.
Hold Back the Dawn: Directed by Mitchell Leisen. With Charles Boyer, Olivia de Havilland, Paulette Goddard, Victor Francen. Stopped in Mexico by U.S. Immigration, Georges Iscovescu hopes to get into the country by marrying a citizen.
A gigolo flees Nazi occupation and sets his sights on a shy schoolteacher who happens to be a US citizen.
Impressionable teacher Emmy (Olivia de Havilland) is swept off her feet when she meets Georges (Charles Boyer) in a Mexican border town. Unaware that...
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Overview. 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. Mitchell Leisen.
Romanian gigolo Georges Iscovescu is trying to get into the United States to become a citizen, it the land of opportunity even in his line of work.
Hold Back the Dawn - Metacritic. 1941. Approved. Paramount Pictures. 1 h 56 m. Summary Stopped in Mexico by U.S. Immigration, Georges Iscovescu hopes to get into the country by marrying a citizen. Drama. Romance. Directed By: Mitchell Leisen.
