Paris Underground | |
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Directed by | Gregory Ratoff |
Produced by | Constance Bennett |
Cinematography |
Lee Garmes Edward Cronjager |
Edited by | James E. Newcom |
Production
company |
Constance Bennett Productions
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Distributed by | United Artists |
Release date
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Running time
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97 min. |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Paris Underground, also known as Madame Pimpernel is a 1945 film directed by Gregory Ratoff, and on the book by Etta Shiber.
The film stars Constance Bennett and Gracie Fields as an American and an Englishwoman trapped in Paris when Nazi Germany invades in 1940, who rescue British airmen shot down in France and help them escape across the English Channel.
The film was nominated for Academy Award for Best Original Score for Alexandre Tansman's score (one of 21 nominations that year).