He Stayed for Breakfast
6.2
“Meet the merriest mad man that ever barged into a lady's boudoir!”
Set in Paris, this romantic comedy revolves around the beautiful estranged wife of a wealthy banker who hides a handsome and fiery Communist fugitive in her apartment.
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Cast
42 people
Loretta Young
Marianna Duval
Known for
The Stranger
The Bishop's Wife
Melvyn Douglas
Paul Boliet
Known for
The Tenant
Being There
Alexander Hall
B.P. Schulberg
P.J. Wolfson
P.J. Wolfson
Eugene Pallette
Maurice Duval
Known for
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Ernest Vajda
Alan Marshal
Andre Dorlay
Known for
House on Haunted Hill
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Michael Fessier
Una O'Connor
Doreta
Known for
The Invisible Man
Witness for the Prosecution
Sidney Howard
Alexander Hall Director · P.J. Wolfson Screenplay Michael Fessier Screenplay
United States release August 31, 1940 · Produced in United States · Production B.P. Schulberg Productions
Production
Columbia Pictures
Production · Distribution
B.P. Schulberg Productions
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · August 31, 1940
Theatrical
Denmark
October 29, 1948
Mexico
August 21, 1941
Portugal
April 2, 1942
Spain
December 27, 1946 · Madrid
Sweden
January 10, 1941
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