''Paris Calling'' is a 1941 American war

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directed by Edwin L. Marin and starring Randolph Scott, Elisabeth Bergner and Basil Rathbone. It was produced by

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before America's entry into

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and released just after the

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Plot

Cast

* Elisabeth Bergner as Marianne Jannetier * Randolph Scott as Lt. Nicholas 'Nick' Jordan * Basil Rathbone as Andre Benoit * Gale Sondergaard as Colette * Lee J. Cobb as Captain Schwabe * Charles Arnt as Lt. Lantz * Edward Ciannelli as Mouche * Elisabeth Risdon as Madame Jannetier * Georges Renavent as Butler * William Edmunds as Prof. Marceau * J. Pat O'Malley as Sgt. Bruce McAvoy * George Metaxa as Waiter * Paul Leyssac as Chief of underground * Gene Garrick as Wolfgang Schmitt *

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as Paul * Otto Reichow as Gruber * Adolph Milar as Gestapo agent * Marion Murray as Charie * Grace Lenard as Marie * Yvette Bentley as Simone * Marcia Ralston as Renne

Production notes

* Production dates: July 22 to Mid-September 1941 * This was the first film made in America by noted European stage and screen actress Elisabeth Bergner, whose name is spelled "Elizabeth" in the onscreen credits.

References

Bibliography

* Dick, Bernard F. ''The Star-Spangled Screen: The American World War II Film''. University Press of Kentucky, 2015.

External links

* 1941 films 1940s English-language films Films about the French Resistance American spy films 1940s war films World War II films made in wartime Films set in Paris Films set in France Films directed by Edwin L. Marin American black-and-white films Films with screenplays by Hans Székely American war films Films scored by Richard Hageman English-language war films {{WWII-film-stub