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Hold Back the Dawn (1941)

Romanian-French gigolo Georges Iscovescu wishes to enter the USA. Stopped in Mexico by the quota system, he decides to marry an American, then desert her and join his old partner Anita, who's done likewise. But after sweeping teacher Emmy Brown off her feet, he finds her so sweet that love and jealousy endanger his plans.

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Private U 24 Jul 2007

Charles Boyer plays this gigolo ancious to get to the United States and is marooned in a Mexican border town. He tries to meet other women to charm them, and here comes Olivia de Havilland, a teacher from a California town taking a bunch of school children to Mexico, and still somehow gets hooked up with Boyer, alas helping him to get into the US at last, but along the way, things kind of get a bit complicated, and de Havilland believes this marriage is on the level. Paulette Goddard plays another immigrant who plays the same scam and tries to get into partnership with him; real nice sad and sappy melodrama.

Laird J 26 Sep 2008

Darkly comic, with great performances by Boyer and Goddard as sleazy grifters. The US-Mexican border issues are shockingly relevant. The whole thing is framed by a ludicrous and gimmicky set-up, and the rushed ending is pretty predictable and silly in light of the rest of the film, but it's totally worth a viewing if you can find it.

Stina G 20 Apr 2007

Beautiful story with unforgettable actors

Variety Staff 03 Feb 2012

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.

Bosley Crowther 03 Feb 2012

An amazingly poignant picture, rich in humor, heart and subtle ironies.