Skip to content
MOVIE VAULT
HomeLibraryActorsDirectorsCollectionsActivity
Member login
A shared love for cinema. A vault to keep it.
About the projectFilm data by TMDBAvailability by JustWatch
Hold Back the Dawn · Movie Vault
LibraryHold Back the Dawn
Hold Back the Dawn poster

A discovery from TMDB

Hold Back the Dawn

19411h 56m6.7/ 10 · TMDB · 51 votes
DramaRomance

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.

Discover freely. Members can add films to the vault.

Directed by Mitchell Leisen

Our screenings

A
Ansh Kapoor

No screenings recorded

Unwatched

The people behind the story

Charles Boyer
Charles Boyer

Georges Iscovescu

Olivia de Havilland
Olivia de Havilland

Emmy Brown

Paulette Goddard
Paulette Goddard

Anita Shaughnessy

Victor Francen
Victor Francen

Van Den Luecken

Walter Abel
Walter Abel

Inspector Hammock

Curt Bois
Curt Bois

Bonbois

Rosemary DeCamp
Rosemary DeCamp

Berta Kurz

Eric Feldary
Eric Feldary

Josef Kurz

Nestor Paiva
Nestor Paiva

Flores

Eva Puig

Lupita

Where to watch

Streaming availability is not currently listed for India. Listings may be incomplete.

Last checked 9 Oct 2026.

Availability data by JustWatch via TMDB. Confirm availability with the service.

In these collections

This film has not joined a collection yet.

Film details

Released26 Sept 1941
Original languageEnglish
CountriesUnited States of America
View on TMDB
Micheline Cheirel
Micheline Cheirel

Christine

Madeleine Lebeau
Madeleine Lebeau

Anni