Hold Back the Dawn 1941

Critics score:
100 / 100

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Bosley Crowther, New York Times: You will enjoy it as a straight-away romance, crowded with most engaging characters and smoking with Mr. Boyer's charm. Read more

Geoff Andrew, Time Out: This romantic weepie is both moving and effectively stylish. Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: While Hold Back the Dawn is basically another European refugee yarn, scenarists Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder exercised some ingenuity and imagination and Ketty Frings' original emerges as fine celluloidia. Read more

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