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The Day and the Hour (1963)

The Day and the Hour (1963)

Action Drama War

In the twilight of her youth... she fought to hold her American!

Release Date: 1963, April 5
Directors: René Clément
Countries: France, Italy
Production: Terra film, Compagnie Internationale de Productions Cinématographiques (CIPRA), Compagnie Internationale de Productions Cinématographiques (CIPRA), Compagnie Internationale de Productions Cinématographiques (CIPRA), Compagnia Cinematografica Mondiale (CCM), Compagnia Cinematografica Mondiale (CCM), Compagnia Cinematografica Mondiale (CCM)
Cast: Simone Signoret, Mark Burns, Reggie Nalder, Marcel Bozzuffi, Billy Kearns, Stuart Whitman, Michel Piccoli, Geneviève Page, Marcel Gassouk, Pierre Dux, Henri Virlogeux, Maurice Garrel

Overview:

It's the spring of 1944 and Therese is in a hurry to get back to Paris. The trains aren't running from the village where she has gone to visit her father's grave and to fill two suitcases with food. Some British and American planes have been shot down and the Germans want to know where the pilots are hiding. An acquaintance has clearance to drive to Paris with a truckload of goats. After she is in the truck Therese discovers that two British pilots and an American pilot are back there with the goats. She must get the men on a train to Paris and to a safe house there, where there is no room for the American. Can she leave him at the Metro station trying to figure out the map?