“It's all heart and thrills!”
Englishman Mr. Howard is on a fishing holiday in eastern France when the Germans invade in 1940. Setting off to try and get back home he is persuaded to take along the two Cavanaugh children, and as his journey progresses his family keeps growing in size. Once in German-occupied northern France a new problem arises — the risk of being heard speaking English.
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Cast
21 people
Monty Woolley
John Sidney Howard
Known for
The Bishop's Wife
The Man Who Came to Dinner
Roddy McDowall
Ronnie Cavanaugh
Known for
Planet of the Apes
Fright Night
Anne Baxter
Nicole Rougeron
Known for
All About Eve
The Ten Commandments
Otto Preminger
Major Diessen
Known for
Stalag 17
The Hobbit
J. Carrol Naish
Aristide Rougeron
Known for
House of Frankenstein
Sahara
Lester Matthews
Mr. Cavanaugh
Known for
The Raven
Werewolf of London
Jill Esmond
Mrs. Cavanaugh
Known for
The Skin Game
Random Harvest
Ferike Boros
Madame
Known for
Bachelor Mother
Once Upon a Honeymoon
Peggy Ann Garner
Sheila Cavanaugh
Known for
Jane Eyre
Black Widow
Merrill Rodin
Willem
Also in
American Empire
The Virginian
Maurice Tauzin
Pierre
Also in
The Bandit of Sherwood Forest
Fleurette Zama
Rose
No other roles listed
Irving Pichel Director · Nunnally Johnson Screenplay Nevil Shute Author
Worldwide gross $1.5M · United States release August 21, 1942 · Produced in United States
Box office
Worldwide gross
$1,500,000
Production
20th Century Fox
Production
Franco London Films
Production
20th Century Studios
Studio · Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · French
Release dates
United States · August 21, 1942
Theatrical
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