Paris Calling
{{Short description|1941 film by Edwin L. Marin}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Paris Calling
| image = Paris Calling 1941 poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = Edwin L. Marin
| producer = Benjamin Glazer
| writer =
| screenplay = Benjamin Glazer
Charles Kaufman
| story = Hans Székely
| starring = Elisabeth Bergner
Randolph Scott
Basil Rathbone
| music = Richard Hageman
| cinematography = Milton Krasner
| editing = Edward Curtiss
| studio = Charles K. Feldman Productions
| distributor = Universal Pictures
| released = {{Film date|1941|12|4}}
| runtime = 95 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
}}
Paris Calling is a 1941 American war film noir directed by Edwin L. Marin and starring Randolph Scott, Elisabeth Bergner and Basil Rathbone. It was produced by Universal Pictures before America's entry into World War II and released just after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Plot
Cast
File:Edwin L. Marin-Elisabeth Bergner in Paris Calling.jpg and star Elisabeth Bergner on the film set.]]
- Elisabeth Bergner as Marianne Jannetier
- Randolph Scott as Lt. Nicholas 'Nick' Jordan
- Basil Rathbone as Andre Benoit
- Gale Sondergaard as Colette
- Lee J. Cobb as Captain Schwabe
- Charles Arnt as Lt. Lantz
- Edward Ciannelli as Mouche
- Elisabeth Risdon as Madame Jannetier
- Georges Renavent as Butler
- William Edmunds as Prof. Marceau
- J. Pat O'Malley as Sgt. Bruce McAvoy
- George Metaxa as Waiter
- Paul Leyssac as Chief of underground
- Gene Garrick as Wolfgang Schmitt
- Paul Bryar as Paul
- Otto Reichow as Gruber
- Adolph Milar as Gestapo agent
- Marion Murray as Charie
- Grace Lenard as Marie
- Yvette Bentley as Simone
- Marcia Ralston as Renne
Production notes
- Production dates: July 22 to Mid-September 1941
- This was the first film made in America by noted European stage and screen actress Elisabeth Bergner, whose name is spelled "Elizabeth" in the onscreen credits.
References
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Bibliography
- Dick, Bernard F. The Star-Spangled Screen: The American World War II Film. University Press of Kentucky, 2015.
External links
{{commons category|Paris Calling (film)}}
- {{IMDb title|0034002}}
{{Edwin L. Marin}}
Category:1940s English-language films
Category:Films about the French Resistance
Category:World War II films made in wartime
Category:Films directed by Edwin L. Marin
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:Films with screenplays by Hans Székely
Category:Films scored by Richard Hageman
Category:English-language war films
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