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"It's all heart and thrills!"
Englishman Mr. Howard is on a fishing holiday in eastern France when the Germans invade in 1940. Setting off to try and get back home he is persuaded to take along the two Cavanaugh children, and as his journey progresses his family keeps growing in size. Once in German-occupied northern France a new problem arises — the risk of being heard speaking English.
21 Cast Members
Monty Woolley
John Sidney Howard
Roddy McDowall
Ronnie Cavanaugh
Anne Baxter
Nicole Rougeron
Otto Preminger
Major Diessen
J. Carrol Naish
Aristide Rougeron
Lester Matthews
Mr. Cavanaugh
Jill Esmond
Mrs. Cavanaugh
Ferike Boros
Madame
Peggy Ann Garner
Sheila Cavanaugh
Merrill Rodin
Willem
Maurice Tauzin
Pierre
Fleurette Zama
Rose
William Edmunds
Frenchman
Marcel Dalio
Focquet
Marcelle Corday
Madame Bonne
Odette Myrtil
Madame Rougeron
Jean Del Val
Railroad Official
Rudolph Anders
Lieutenant
Henry Rowland
Military Policeman
Helmut Dantine
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