''The Day and the Hour'' (french: Le jour et l'heure) is a 1963 French war-time drama film directed by René Clément and starring

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and

Stuart Whitman Stuart Maxwell Whitman (February 1, 1928 – March 16, 2020) was an American actor, known for his lengthy career in film and television. Whitman was born in San Francisco and raised in New York until the age of 12, when his family relocated to ...

Plot

Set in occupied France in 1944 a French woman finds herself helping a downed American pilot as he searches for a way to leave the country.

Cast

as Therese Dutheil *

as Captain Allan Morley * Geneviève Page as Agathe Dutheil *

Michel Piccoli Jacques Daniel Michel Piccoli (27 December 1925 – 12 May 2020) was a French actor, producer and film director with a career spanning 70 years. He was lauded as one of the greatest French character actors of his generation who played a wide vari ...

as Antoine * Reggie Nalder as Le gestapiste * Billy Kearns as Pat Riley *

Marcel Bozzuffi Marcel Bozzuffi (28 October 19291 February 1988) was a French film actor. He appeared as a hitman in the Oscar-winning American film '' The French Connection''. In 1963, he married French actress Françoise Fabian. Selected filmography *1955: ...

as Inspector Lerat * Henri Virlogeux as Legendre *

Pierre Dux Pierre Dux (21 October 1908 – 1 December 1990) was a French stage director, stage actor, and film actor. He appeared in 50 films between 1932 and 1990. Filmography References External links * * 1908 births 1990 deaths Burials ...

as Inspector Marboz

References

External links

* 1963 films 1963 drama films 1960s war drama films French war drama films Italian war drama films 1960s French-language films French black-and-white films Films about shot-down aviators Films set in 1944 Films set in Paris Films directed by René Clément Films scored by Claude Bolling 1960s French films 1960s Italian films {{1960s-Italy-film-stub