Review of Hold Back the Dawn (1941) by Scott R — 04 Sep 2016

Original romantic drama based around the old immigration system.

This review of Hold Back the Dawn (1941) was written by Scott R on 04 Sep 2016.

Hold Back the Dawn has generally received positive reviews.

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By Les E (496) on 19 Feb 2013

While Hold Back the Dawn is basically another European refugee yarn, scenarists Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder exercised some ingenuity…

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By Private U (13,627) on 24 Jul 2007

Charles Boyer plays this gigolo ancious to get to the United States and is marooned in a Mexican border town…

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By Christian Blauvelt (25) for IndieWire (3,631) on 18 May 1962

[Wilder] delivered one of the finest critiques of a pre-war, isolationist U.S. committed to “America First.”…

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By William M (1,438) on 26 Sep 2016

Some younger viewers might think this film takes place in the years after the war, but it was actually released a few months before the Pearl…

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By Jay N (1,399) on 20 Apr 2013

Easy romantic film with Charles Boyer and Olivia de Havilland (both great). Centered around a gigolo's desire to immigrate to America…

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By I Don't Know W (791) on 08 Apr 2011

Charles Boyer is very good in this moving melodrama. I think he gets overlooked as an actor sometimes…

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By Stina G (12) on 20 Apr 2007

Beautiful story with unforgettable actors…

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By Laird J (41) on 26 Sep 2008

Darkly comic, with great performances by Boyer and Goddard as sleazy grifters. The US-Mexican border issues are shockingly relevant…

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By Stella D (433) on 05 Apr 2011

A superior melodrama way under the radar. charles boyer is highly effective as a gigolo hoping to enter the u.s. by marrying a citizen…

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By Nandi C (130) on 04 Apr 2012

Charles Boyer plays this gigolo ancious to get to the United States and is marooned in a Mexican border town…

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