He Stayed for Breakfast (1940)
1h 29m
Running Time
August 31, 1940Release Date
He Stayed for Breakfast (1940)
1h 29m
Running Time
August 31, 1940Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
Set in Paris, this romantic comedy revolves around the beautiful estranged wife of a wealthy banker who hides a handsome and fiery Communist fugitive in her apartment.
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Cast & Crew.
Loretta Young
Marianna Duval
Melvyn Douglas
Paul Boliet
Eugene Pallette
Maurice Duval
Alan Marshal
Andre Dorlay
Una O'Connor
Doreta
Curt Bois
Comrade Tronavich
Leonid Kinskey
Comrade Nicky
Trevor Bardette
Police Lieutenant
Grady Sutton
Salesman
Frank Sully
Butcher
Evelyn Young
Secretary
Ethelreda Leopold
Secretary
Ernie Adams
Workman
George Beranger
Maitre d'hotel
William Castle
Policeman
Edward Colebrook
Busboy
B.P. Schulberg
Producer
Vernon Dent
Chef
Werner R. Heymann
Composer
Jack Douglas
Gendarme
Henry Hale
Police Lieutenant
Joseph Walker
Cinematographer
Joseph Kamaryt
Waiter
Viola Lawrence
Editor
Jack Low
Communist
George Burr Macannan
Communist Vice President
Walter Merrill
Guard
Art Miles
Communist
Leonard Mudie
Communist Secretary
Ferdinand Munier
Cafe Proprietor
William Newell
Waiter
Nestor Paiva
Gendarme
Media.
Details.
Release DateAugust 31, 1940
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 29m
Content RatingNR
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
based on play or musical
communism
Wiki.
He Stayed for Breakfast is a 1940 American romantic comedy film directed by Alexander Hall, based on the 1934 play Ode to Liberty by Sidney Howard, itself adapted from the French play Liberté provisoire by Michel Duran.