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    Hold Back the Dawn 1941 POSTER

    Hold Back the Dawn

    1941

    English

    7.3

    ♡ 8

    100%

    79%

    Action

    border

    Drama

    immigration

    jealousy

    mexico

    Romance

    telephone

    told in flasblack

    Mitchell Leisen Mitchell Leisen Director Edward Fielding Edward Fielding as American Consul Paulette Goddard Paulette Goddard as Anita Dixon Rosemary DeCamp Rosemary DeCamp as Berta Kurz Nestor Paiva Nestor Paiva as Fred Flores
    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.
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