Reunion in France (Mademoiselle France) (Reunion) (1942)
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48% of users liked it
(310 ratings)
Better known as Reunion in France, this women's-magazine-style romantic melodrama was the first major production for director Jules Dassin -- who was promptly demoted back to the MGM "B" department when the picture tanked at the box office. Joan Crawford stars as Frenchwoman Michele de… More Better known as Reunion in France, this women's-magazine-style romantic melodrama was the first major production for director Jules Dassin -- who was promptly demoted back to the MGM "B" department when the picture tanked at the box office. Joan Crawford stars as Frenchwoman Michele de la Becque, who comes to believe that her fiancé, wealthy munitions manufacturer Robert Cortot (Philip Dorn) is a Nazi collaborator. When her suspicions are apparently corroborated, Michelle falls in love with Pat Talbot (John Wayne), a downed American aviator stranded in occupied Paris. Only then does Michelle discover that she's been all wrong about Cortot -- but what to do about Talbot, who has been marked for death by the Gestapo? Ava Gardner has a tiny role as a Parisian shopgirl. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Jules Dassin
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, Art House & International, Classics
- In Theaters
- Dec 25, 1942 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
One of the worst John Wayne pictures, actually more of a Joan Crawford-MGM fake vehicle, in which she plays a French model engaged to a seemingly pro-Nazi industrialist designer (played by Philip Dorn).
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Ineffective wartime flagwaver that's all over the map as both a spy story and a woman's pic.
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Cast
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Joan Crawford
as Michele de la Becque
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John Wayne
as Pat Talbot
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Philip Dorn
as Robert Corlot
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Reginald Owen
as Schultz
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Albert Basserman
as Gen. Hugo Schroeder
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John Carradine
as Ulrich Windler
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Ann Ayars
as Juliette
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J. Edward Bromberg
as Durand
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Moroni Olsen
as Paul Grebeau
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Henry Daniell
as Emile Fleuron
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Howard Da Silva
as Anton Stregel
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Charles Arnt
as Honore
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Morris Ankrum
as Martin
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Edith Evanson
as Genevieve
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Ernst Dorian
as Captain
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Margaret Laurence
as Clothilde
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Odette Myrtil
as Mme. Montanot
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Peter Whitney
as Soldier with Candy
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Felix Basch
as Pawnbroker
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Barbara Bedford
as Mme. Vigouroux
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Ann Codee
as Rosalie
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Jean Del Val
as Porter
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Ernst Deutsch
as Captain
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Claudia Drake
as Girl
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William Edmunds
as Driver
- Carl Ekberg
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Arno Frey
as Guide
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Joel Friedkin
as Frenchman
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Hans Furberg
as Soldier
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Ava Gardner
as Bit Part
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Jo Gilbert
as Brunhilde
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Henry Kolker
as Gen. Bartholomae
- Eddie Lee
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Peter Leeds
as Boy
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Louis Mercier
as Conductor
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Adolph Milar
as Gestapo Agent
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Natalie Schafer
as Frau Schroder
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Lester Sharpe
as Warden
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Arthur Space
as Henker
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Walter O. Stahl
as Baron von Steinkamp
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Bob Stevenson
as Emile
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Philip Van Zandt
as Customer
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Michael Visaroff
as Vigouroux
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Paul Weigel
as Old Man
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Jacqueline White
as Danielle
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Gayne Whitman
as Maitre d'Hotel
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John W. Considine Jr.
as Little Boy
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Tommy Lee
as Japanese
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George Calliga
as Mons. Bertheil
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Edgar Licho
as Hawker
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Harry Adams
as Mons. Clemens
- Muriel Barr
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Ray DeRavenne
as Bartender
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Ed Rickard
as Chauffeur
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George Travell
as Jeannot