---
title: 'Hold Back the Dawn (1941)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Mitchell Leisen'
released: '1941-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 116
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/hold-back-the-dawn-1941'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033722/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Hold Back the Dawn (1941)

1941 · 116 min · Drama, Romance · United States


## Synopsis

Hold Back the Dawn is a 1941 American romantic drama film directed by Mitchell Leisen, in which a Romanian gigolo marries an American woman in Mexico in order to gain entry to the United States, but winds up falling in love with her. It stars Charles Boyer, Olivia de Havilland, Paulette Goddard, Victor Francen, Walter Abel, Curt Bois, Rosemary DeCamp, and an uncredited Veronica Lake.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Mitchell Leisen](https://cinepixo.com/people/mitchell-leisen)
- **Screenplay:** [Billy Wilder](https://cinepixo.com/people/billy-wilder), [Charles Brackett](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-brackett)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Victor Young](https://cinepixo.com/people/victor-young)
- **Producer:** [Arthur Hornblow, Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-hornblow-jr)
- **Director of Photography:** [Leo Tover](https://cinepixo.com/people/leo-tover)
- **Editor:** [Doane Harrison](https://cinepixo.com/people/doane-harrison)

## Cast

- [Richard Webb](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-webb)
- [Curt Bois](https://cinepixo.com/people/curt-bois)
- [James Flavin](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-flavin)
- [Micheline Cheirel](https://cinepixo.com/people/micheline-cheirel)
- [Mitchell Leisen](https://cinepixo.com/people/mitchell-leisen)
- [Veronica Lake](https://cinepixo.com/people/veronica-lake)
- [Olivia de Havilland](https://cinepixo.com/people/olivia-de-havilland)
- [Leon Belasco](https://cinepixo.com/people/leon-belasco)
- [John Hamilton](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-hamilton)
- [Brian Donlevy](https://cinepixo.com/people/brian-donlevy)
- [Harry Shannon](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-shannon)
- [Charles Boyer](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-boyer)
- [Ray Mala](https://cinepixo.com/people/ray-mala)
- [Madeleine LeBeau](https://cinepixo.com/people/madeleine-lebeau)
- [Walter Abel](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-abel)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/hold-back-the-dawn-1941
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