Paris Underground (film)
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Directed by | Gregory Ratoff |
Produced by | Constance Bennett |
Cinematography |
Lee Garmes Edward Cronjager |
Edited by | James E. Newcom |
Production company |
Constance Bennett Productions |
Distributed by | United Artists |
Release dates |
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Running time | 97 min. |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Paris Underground, also known as Madame Pimpernel (1945) is a film directed by Gregory Ratoff, and based on the book by Etta Shiber.
The film stars Constance Bennett and Gracie Fields as an American and an Englishwoman trapped in Paris when Nazi Germany invades in 1940, who rescue British airmen shot down in France and help them escape across the English Channel.
The film was nominated for Academy Award for Best Original Score for Alexandre Tansman's score (one of 21 nominations that year).
Cast
- Constance Bennett as Kitty de Mornay
- Gracie Fields as Emmeline Quayle
- George Rigaud as Andre de Mornay
- Kurt Kreuger as Capt. Kurt von Weber
- Leslie Vincent as Lt. William Gray
- Charles Andre as Father Dominique
- Eily Malyon as Madame Martin
- Vladimir Sokoloff as Undertaker
- Richard Ryen as Mons. Renard
- Gregory Gaye as Tissier
- Maurice Cass as Patriot
- Adrienne D'Ambricourt as Margot
- Andrew McLaglen as Sgt. McNair
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