The Day and the Hour (1963)
Le jour et l'heure (original title)Reference View | Change View
- 1h 50min
- Action, Drama
- 19 Feb 1964 (USA)
- Movie
In Nazi-occupied France during WWII, a French woman helps two downed Allied airmen to evade capture by the Germans and make their way into neutral Spain.
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| Simone Signoret | ... |
Thérèse Dutheil
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| Stuart Whitman | ... |
Le capitaine Allan Morley
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| Geneviève Page | ... |
Agathe Dutheil
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| Michel Piccoli | ... |
Antoine
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| Reggie Nalder | ... |
Le gestapiste
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Billy Kearns | ... |
Pat Riley
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| Marcel Bozzuffi | ... |
L'inspecteur Lerat
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| Henri Virlojeux | ... |
Legendre - le pharmacien résistant
(as Henri Virlogeux)
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| Hénia Suchar | ... |
La jeune résistante en bleu
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| Hubert de Lapparent | ... |
Le procureur Jasseron - un collaborateur
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| Carl Studer | ... |
Le Major Gordon - l'américain du réseau de résistance
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Roger Kemp | ... |
Un aviateur anglais
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| Mark Burns | ... |
Un aviateur anglais
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| Jacques Herlin |
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| Colette Castel | ... |
Lucie
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Jean-Claude Michel |
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Clara Gansard | ... |
La maquisarde
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| Yvette Etiévant | ... |
La caissière de la pharmacie
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Anthony Stuart | ... |
Le Wing Commander
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| Pierre Dux | ... |
Le commissaire divisionnaire Marboz - de la Police Judiciaire
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Charles Bouillaud | ... |
Un voyageur
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| Gabriel Gobin | ... |
L'employé du chemin de fer
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Catherine Azoulai | ... |
Charlotte Dutheil (uncredited)
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Gessie Azoulai | ... |
Michou Dutheil (uncredited)
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Robert Bazil | ... |
Un paysan (uncredited)
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Guy Dakar | ... |
Un milicien (uncredited)
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Etienne Dirand | ... |
L'indicateur (uncredited)
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Fred Fisher | ... |
L'officier allemand (uncredited)
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| Maurice Garrel | ... |
Le chef milicien (uncredited)
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| Marcel Gassouk | ... |
Un paysan (uncredited)
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Jean Gras | ... |
'Gorilla' Richebois (uncredited)
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Edward Meeks | ... |
Un aviateur anglais (uncredited)
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Marie Mergey | ... |
La femme de l'aubergiste (uncredited)
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| Donald O'Brien | ... |
Le pilot anglais caché dans la pharmacie (uncredited)
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| Georges Staquet | ... |
L'aubergiste (uncredited)
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Hugues Wanner | ... |
L'officier à la retraite (uncredited)
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Directed by
| René Clément | ||
Written by
| René Clément | ... | (adaptation) & |
| Roger Vailland | ... | (adaptation) |
| André Barret | ... | (screenplay) |
| Roger Vailland | ... | (dialogue) |
| Clement Biddle Wood | ... | (English dialogue) |
Produced by
| Jacques Bar | ... | producer |
| Raymond Froment | ... | associate producer |
Music by
| Claude Bolling | ... | (as Claude Boelling) |
Cinematography by
| Henri Decaë | ||
Editing by
| Fedora Zincone | ||
Production Design by
| Bernard Evein | ||
Production Management
| Michel Choquet | ... | unit manager |
| Léon Sanz | ... | production manager |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Costa-Gavras | ... | assistant director |
| Claude Pinoteau | ... | assistant director |
Sound Department
| Pierre-Louis Calvet | ... | sound (as Pierre Calvet) |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Alain Douarinou | ... | camera operator |
Script and Continuity Department
| Dolores Rubin | ... | script supervisor |
Production Companies
- Compagnia Cinematografica Mondiale (CCM)
- Compagnie Internationale de Productions Cinématographiques (CIPRA)
- Monica Film
- Terra Film
Distributors
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1963) (France) (theatrical)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1964) (United States) (theatrical) (dubbed)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (1964) (Austria) (theatrical)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1964) (United Kingdom) (theatrical) (dubbed)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1965) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- France 3 (1975) (France) (tv)
- France 3 (1980) (France) (tv)
- Radio Télévision Belge Francophone (RTBF) (1980) (Belgium) (tv)
- Canal+ (1990) (France) (tv)
- France 3 (1993) (France) (tv)
- Ciné Cinéfil (1995) (France) (tv)
- Film Office (1997) (France) (VHS)
- La Cinquième (2000) (France) (tv)
- Télé Monté Carlo (TMC) (2005) (France) (tv)
- KinoVista (2007) (Russia) (tv)
- Fox Pathé Europa (2009) (France) (DVD)
- Paris Première (2015) (France) (tv)
- ESC Distribution (2021) (France) (Blu-ray)
- Gaumont (2021) (France) (DVD)
- ARTE (2022) (France) (tv)
- Kino Lorber (2023) (United States) (Blu-ray)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Optiphone (sound recording)
Storyline
| Plot Summary |
It's the spring of 1944 and Therese is in a hurry to get back to Paris. The trains aren't running from the village where she has gone to visit her father's grave and fill two suitcases with food. Some British and American planes have been shot down and the Germans want to know where the pilots are hiding. An acquaintance has clearance to drive to Paris with a truckload of goats. After she is in the truck Therese discovers that two British pilots and an American pilot are back there with the goats. She must get the men on a train to Paris and to a safe house there, where there is no room for the American. Can she leave him at the Metro station trying to figure out the map?
Written by Dale O'Connor |
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| Taglines | In a World filled with tension, and in the twilight of her youth she clung to her American! See more » |
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Did You Know?
| Goofs | Thérèse and Allan try to cross the Demarcation line by train: in Vierzon the Germans check who is passing. This line was a boundary between the occupied zone in the north and the so-called "Free zone" in the south. However since the movie occurs in spring 1944, the line does not exist any more: it ceased to be effective in March 1943 after the Germans invaded the Free zone in November 1942. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Featured in Mémoires pour Simone (1986). See more » |
| Soundtracks | La Romance de Paris See more » |