ID

FBW001374      Fiction

Country / Year

USA, 1944

Original Title

Till We Meet Again

Directed by

Frank Borzage

Produced by

Paramount Pictures, Inc., Los Angeles, CA / New York, NY

Staff

Producer: David Lewis; Script: Lenore Coffee (Based on the play by Alfred Maury); Based on: Alfred Maury; Camera: Theodor Sparkuhl, Farciot Edouard; Editing: Elmo Veron; Art direction: Hans Dreier, Robert Usher; Set decoration: Ray Moyer; Special Effects: Gordon Jennings; Musical arrangements: David Buttolph

Cast

Ray Milland (John); Barbara Britton (Sister Clothilde); Walter Slezak (Vitrey, the Mayor); Lucile Watson (Mother Superior); Konstantin Shayne (Maj. Krupp); Vladimir Sokoloff (Cabeau); Marguerite D'Alvarez (Mme. Sarroux); Mona Freeman (Elise); William Edmunds (Henri Maret); George Davis (Gaston, the Waiter); Peter Helmers (Examiner); John Wengraf (Gestapo Chief); Mira McKinney (Portress); Tala Birell (Mme. Bouchard); Buddy Gorman (Messenger); Dawn Bender (Francoise); Eilene Janssen (Yvonne); Henry Sharp (Andre); Alfred Paix (Refugee); Eugene Borden (Refugee); Muni Seroff (Jacques); Philip Van Zandt (Lieutenant); Georges Renavent (Gabriel); Diana DuBois (Orphan); Janet Ann Gallow (Orphan); Nils Rich (Orphan); Sharon McManus (Orphan); Mary Thomas (Orphan); Diana Martin (Orphan); Yvette Dugay (Orphan); Byron Nelson (German Soldier); Don Cadell (German Soldier); Hans Fuerberg (German Soldier); Bob Stevenson (German Soldier); Frances Sandford (Girl in Restaurant); Iris Lancaster (Girl in Restaurant); Nina Borget (Jeannette); George Sorel (Gendarme); Marcelle Corday (Elderly Waitress); Francis McDonald (Driver of the Cart); Crane Whitley (Man with Silver)

Length

88'

Format

35mm/sw/1:1,37

Abstract

John, an American pilot crashes in France and must get to the underground before the Nazis can capture him. He is helped by a naive young nun Sister Clothilde who, despite her calling to the Lord and the fact that John is happily married, falls in love with the stranded pilot. Once they hook up with the underground, she agrees to pose as his "wife" so that he may transport secret documents from the French freedom fighters to London. In the end, Sister Clothilde sacrifices herself to save John and is captured by the Nazis, who plan to ship her off to a German whorehouse for active duty. Rather than see her suffer a fate worse than death, French Mayor Vitrey kills Sister Clothilde.

Subject Terms

Americans; Anti-Nazi films (US); France; London; National Socialists

Bibliography

- Nash, Ray R. / Ross, Stanley R. / Conelly, Robert B. (Ed.): Motion Picture Guide. Chicago, IL: Cinebooks, 1987