ID

FBW000240      Fiction

Country / Year

USA, 1941-1942

Original Title

JOAN OF PARIS

Directed by

Robert Stevenson

Produced by

RKO (Radio Keith Orpheum) Radio Pictures, Inc., Los Angeles, CA / New York, NY

Staff

Producer: David Hempstead; Script: Charles Bennett, Ellis St. Joseph; Based on: Jacques Thery, Georges Kessel; Camera: Russel Metty; Editing: Sherman Todd; Art direction: Albert S. D'Agostino, Carroll Clark; Music: Roy Webb; Musical direction: Constantin Bakaleinikoff

Cast

Paul Henreid (Paul Lavalier); Michèle Morgan (Joan); Thomas Mitchell (Father Antoine); Laird Cregar (Herr Funk); May Robson (Mlle. Rosay); Alexander Granach (Gestapo Agent); Alan Ladd (Baby); Jack Briggs (Robin); James Monks (Splinter); Richard Fraser (Geoffrey); Paul Weigel (Janitor); John Abbott (English Spy); George Cleveland; Otto Reichow (Tough Sergeant); William Yetter, Jr. (Sergeant); Bernard Gorcey (Rat-faced Man); Irene Seidner (Little Old Lady); Paul Michel (German Captain); William von Brincken (als: William Vaughn) (Funk's Secretary); Irene Pedrini (Waiter in Mme. Danglers); Dina Smirnova (Mme. Danglers); Benay Farley (Girl); Hans Conried (Jowled Agent); Bob Stevenson (German Sergeant); Kathryn Wilson (German Woman - Phone); Joseph P. Mack (Cab Driver); Adrienne d'Ambricourt (Proprietress); Eugenia Raffee (Salesgirl)

Length

2502 m / 91'27''

Format

35mm/sw/1:1,37

Dates

- 00 00.1942: Release date, Los Angeles, CA (Carthay Circle)
- 02 Jan 1942: Trade show, Los Angeles, CA
- 24 Jan 1942: Release date, New York, NY (Rivoli)
- 24 Jan 1942: First run, New York, NY (Rivoli)
- 31 Jan 1942: Copyright LP11058

Further Remarks

- Gesang: Robert Mitchell Boy Choir

Abstract

Joan is a French barmaid whose patron saint is Joan of Arc. Five flyers land in France behind Nazi lines and meet later in a Paris church where the priest, Father Antoine, helps them. Paul Lavalier, a Free French operative, is in love with Joan who is being tracked by a dread Gestapo officer, who reports to Funk. The Frenchmen have to get the flyers out of the country, and Joan bravely leads the Nazis a merry chase away from the flyers until she is put in front of a firing squad for her efforts.

Subject Terms

Anti-Nazi films (US); France; Secret State Police; Paris

Materials

- AMPAS (Margaret Herrick Library), Beverly Hills, CA; Call sheet

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