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"Hold Back the Dawn" quotes

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Stopped in Mexico by U.S. Immigration, Georges Iscovescu hopes to get into the country by marrying a citizen.

Director: Mitchell Leisen
Writer: Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, Ketti Frings
Production: N/A
Genre: drama, romance
Year: 1941
MetaScore: 79/100
ImdbRating: 7.3
BoxOffice: N/A
Released: 26 Sep 1941
Awards: Nominated for 6 Oscars. 1 win & 7 nominations total
A part was lost - Hold Back the Dawn 00:06 A part was lost Say look is there something I can do - Hold Back the Dawn 00:11 Say look is there something I can do How do you like that for parking Sassy awful sassy - Hold Back the Dawn 00:06 How do you like that for parking Sassy awful sassy Remember - Hold Back the Dawn 00:43 Remember 'Do you believe in premonitions - Hold Back the Dawn 00:19 'Do you believe in premonitions What's the matter Georges Why are you so quiet - Hold Back the Dawn 00:17 What's the matter Georges Why are you so quiet Only perhaps when I first met you I shouldn't have been so vain - Hold Back the Dawn 00:12 Only perhaps when I first met you I shouldn't have been... You think you're a teacher - Hold Back the Dawn 00:06 You think you're a teacher I know you're thinking This woman is a tramp and she's in love with him - Hold Back the Dawn 00:07 I know you're thinking This woman is a tramp and... Yes he married you He married you to pass that gate - Hold Back the Dawn 00:15 Yes he married you He married you to pass that gate Isn't he wonderful - Hold Back the Dawn 00:08 Isn't he wonderful 'She kept talking about the United States - Hold Back the Dawn 00:19 'She kept talking about the United States If it hurts too much you blow the horn Promise - Hold Back the Dawn 00:06 If it hurts too much you blow the horn Promise 'I don't quite know how to say it - Hold Back the Dawn 00:18 'I don't quite know how to say it Oh I don't worry about you - Hold Back the Dawn 00:11 Oh I don't worry about you Did you ever notice how things talk sometimes - Hold Back the Dawn 00:16 Did you ever notice how things talk sometimes It was a perfect madhouse back home Nobody could believe it - Hold Back the Dawn 00:16 It was a perfect madhouse back home Nobody could believe it It's quite a surprise - Hold Back the Dawn 00:11 It's quite a surprise Only the very rich will get a crack at Georges and Anita - Hold Back the Dawn 00:12 Only the very rich will get a crack at Georges and Anita Start with champagne it'll be champagne all the way - Hold Back the Dawn 00:11 Start with champagne it'll be champagne all the way You see You see how wild a dream can be - Hold Back the Dawn 00:28 You see You see how wild a dream can be It is not this kiss I want - Hold Back the Dawn 00:08 It is not this kiss I want Please don't come near You needn't be afraid Miss Brown - Hold Back the Dawn 00:39 Please don't come near You needn't be afraid Miss... What is it - Hold Back the Dawn 00:33 What is it I'll give you anything anything you want - Hold Back the Dawn 00:08 I'll give you anything anything you want What do you want - Hold Back the Dawn 00:30 What do you want I thought you were with some people I walked out on him Georges - Hold Back the Dawn 00:13 I thought you were with some people I walked out on him... Hello Georges - Hold Back the Dawn 00:12 Hello Georges Good night It's better than good - Hold Back the Dawn 00:17 Good night It's better than good But there is no way I can pay you for for the loveliness of these few minutes - Hold Back the Dawn 00:20 But there is no way I can pay you for for the loveliness of... Just look at me Miss Brown - Hold Back the Dawn 00:10 Just look at me Miss Brown No thank you I don't smoke - Hold Back the Dawn 00:08 No thank you I don't smoke I'm sorry madame - Hold Back the Dawn 00:08 I'm sorry madame 'What did she say - Hold Back the Dawn 00:20 'What did she say Tequila Tequila - Hold Back the Dawn 00:03 Tequila Tequila You see there is a fence back there - Hold Back the Dawn 00:07 You see there is a fence back there I said Who did that - Hold Back the Dawn 00:11 I said Who did that Don't let us be impatient - Hold Back the Dawn 00:56 Don't let us be impatient Had you any idea that he was waiting to get into the country - Hold Back the Dawn 00:22 Had you any idea that he was waiting to get into the country I'm like a cucumber in an ice box Feel my cheek - Hold Back the Dawn 00:06 I'm like a cucumber in an ice box Feel my cheek I'll be the doggonedest dog to end all doggone dogs - Hold Back the Dawn 00:10 I'll be the doggonedest dog to end all doggone dogs Your husband No - Hold Back the Dawn 00:19 Your husband No For years I've loved him just as you do - Hold Back the Dawn 00:12 For years I've loved him just as you do When they learned that I had married a foreigner - Hold Back the Dawn 00:23 When they learned that I had married a foreigner You needn't be afraid - Hold Back the Dawn 00:37 You needn't be afraid Four weeks You mean that you'll stay here and I - Hold Back the Dawn 00:45 Four weeks You mean that you'll stay here and I If you carry a torch long enough it burns out - Hold Back the Dawn 00:07 If you carry a torch long enough it burns out I've always been full of words you know - Hold Back the Dawn 00:28 I've always been full of words you know That will do You've got enough money to get back to New York - Hold Back the Dawn 00:11 That will do You've got enough money to get back to New... This is America - Hold Back the Dawn 00:28 This is America Oh you needn't be afraid Miss Brown - Hold Back the Dawn 00:25 Oh you needn't be afraid Miss Brown All those years with all the others I've shut my eyes and thought of you - Hold Back the Dawn 00:07 All those years with all the others I've shut my eyes...

Cast

Georges Iscovescu - Charles Boyer
Emmy Brown - Olivia de Havilland
Anita Dixon - Paulette Goddard
Van Den Luecken - Victor Francen
Inspector Hammock - Walter Abel