IMDb RATING
7.3/10
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Stopped in Mexico by U.S. Immigration, Georges Iscovescu hopes to get into the country by marrying a citizen.Stopped in Mexico by U.S. Immigration, Georges Iscovescu hopes to get into the country by marrying a citizen.Stopped in Mexico by U.S. Immigration, Georges Iscovescu hopes to get into the country by marrying a citizen.
- Nominated for 6 Oscars
- 1 win & 7 nominations total
Norman Ainsley
- Waiter with Tray
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe original script included an early scene where Charles Boyer talks to a cockroach in his room. Boyer dismissed the scene as idiotic and convinced director Mitchell Leisen to delete it; screenwriters Billy Wilder and Charles Brackett were so incensed at Leisen for giving in, they resolved to direct and produce their own movies from then on.
- GoofsWhen Anita is sitting on Georges' lap at the typewriter, a moving shadow of the boom microphone can be seen in the mirror behind them.
- Quotes
Anita Dixon: All those years with all the others, I've shut my eyes and thought of you.
- Alternate versionsReleased prints for the Latin American markets included on-screen credits for technical advisers Padre Canseco, Ernesto A. Romero, and assistant director Francisco Alonso.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Discovering Film: Olivia de Havilland (2015)
- SoundtracksLa Marseillaise
(1792) (uncredited)
Music by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle
Played by the band during the celebration near the end
Featured review
A fabulous film with an all star cast of Charles Boyer, Olivia De Havilland and Paulette Goddard. Boyer plays a man who is trying to get US citizenship, the only way by which turns out to be, marrying De Havilland's character. There is a sweet scene between the two when they set off on honeymoon and they play beautifully together throughout. Paulette Goddard is wonderful as the scheming other half and it's nice to see at the end that she gets what she's after!! Clever start to the film too - look out for Veronica Lake making a movie - and a lovely ending that really couldn't get any better.
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- Runtime1 hour 56 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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