- HD 1080
- Runtime: 116m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United States of America
- Director: Mitchell Leisen
- Stars: Charles Boyer, Olivia de Havilland, Paulette Goddard, Victor Francen, Walter Abel
- keywords: jealousy, mexico, immigration, border, telephone, gigolo, tobacco, teacher, love, american, green card, told in flashback
- Production_studio: Paramount Pictures
- Slogan: Three great stars in the story of love...coldly conceived from a man's need, and a woman's desire!
- The Hold Back the Dawn is featured in the top rankings of 1941
- #21 in Top Romance Movies of 1941
- #28 in Top Drama Movies of 1941
Romanian-French gigolo Georges Iscovescu wishes to enter the USA. Stopped in Mexico by the quota system, he decides to marry an American, then desert her and join his old partner Anita, who's done likewise. But after sweeping teacher Emmy Brown off her feet, he finds her so sweet that love and jealousy endanger his plans.
