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Play Sound Why do they make us do this this dirty work? Why don't they bring in the German soldiers and get it over with? Oh, don't be upset, Louise. After all, it's only a few pages. Oh, Albert...
Why do they make us do this this dirty work? Why don't they bring in the German soldiers and get it over with? Oh, don't be upset, Louise. After all, it's only a few pages. Oh, Albert...

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Description: A mild-mannered school teacher in a Nazi-occupied town during WWII finds himself torn between collaboration and resistance.

Cast:
Albert Lory: Charles Laughton
Louise Martin: Maureen O'Hara
George Lambert: George Sanders
Major Erich von Keller: Walter Slezak
Paul Martin: Kent Smith
Emma Lory: Una O'Connor
Professor Sorel: Philip Merivale
Mayor Henry Manville: Thurston Hall
Prosecutor: George Coulouris
Julie Grant: Nancy Gates
Judge: David Kirkland
Edmund Lorraine: John Donat
German Second Lieutenant: Philip Ahlm
Captain Schwartz: Frank Alten
German Sergeant: George Sorel
Young Woman: Joan Barclay
Courtroom Guard Who Brings Albert's Notes: Trevor Bardette
Emily: Linda Bieber
Pug-nosed School Bully: Tommy Bond
German Soldier: Nicholas Vehr
Little Fat Man: Leo Bulgakov
Courtroom Spectator: Bobby Burns
Mr. Noble: George M. Carleton
Mr. Lorraine: Wheaton Chambers
First Lieutenant: Gordon B. Clarke
Mayor's Secretary: John Dilson
German Captain: Jack Martin
Old Woman: Mildred Hardy
Kurt: Hans Fuerberg
Undetermined Role: Bob Thom
Priest: Ernest Grooney
Girl: Terrellyne Johnson
Man Knocked Down on Sidewalk: Sam Harris
Woman in Window: June Pickerell
Victor: Otto Hoffman
Man with Paper on Street: Lloyd Ingraham
Man in Window: Elmer Jerome
Boy: Casey Johnson
Woman on Street: Jeanne Lafayette
German First Lieutenant: Gabriel Lenoff
Clerk: Oscar Loraine
Juror: Frank O'Connor
Chief of Police: George MacQuarrie
Man in Courtroom: Hal Malone
Woman in Bathroom: Claire McDowell
Policeman: Ed McNamara
Officer in Crowd Viewing Arrest of Printers: Edward McNamara
Boy in Classroom: Freddie Mercer
German Chauffeur: Hans Moebus
Henry: O'Neill Nolan
Night Switchman: William J. O'Brien
Woman in Street: Ida Shoemaker
Old Man: Lon Poff
Burly Cop: Jack Shea
Karl: Ferdinand Schumann-Heink
German Sergeant Who Pushes Albert: Hans Schumm
German Sergeant on Street: Robert R. Stephenson
Newsman: Gus Taillon
Soldier Who Gets Slapped: Hans von Morhart
Mrs. Lorraine: Cecil Weston
Otto: William Yetter Sr.

Written by: Dudley Nichols, Jean Renoir

Director: Jean Renoir

Production: RKO Radio Pictures Inc.

Release date: 07 May 1943