"Romance under fire!" 17 June 1938 Drama, War 85 mins
A simple peasant is forced to take up arms to defend his farm during the Spanish Civil War. Along the way he falls in love with a Russian girl whose father is involved in espionage.
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Madeleine Carroll as Norma
Henry Fonda as Marco
Leo Carrillo as Luis
John Halliday as Andre Gallinet
Reginald Denny as Edward Grant
Vladimir Sokoloff as Basil
Robert Warwick as General Vallejo
Fred Kohler as Pietro
Carlos De Valdez as Major del Rio
Peter Godfrey as Roderigo - Cafe Magician
Nick Thompson as Seppo
Rosina Galli as Waitress
William B. Davidson as Commandant
Lupita Tovar as Palm Reader
Katherine DeMille as Peasant Woman on Train
George Houston as The Troubador
William Dieterle Director
James M. Cain Writer
John Howard Lawson Writer
Clifford Odets Adaptation
Charles Kerr Assistant Director
Wade B. Rubottom Assistant Art Director
Russell Lawson Special Effects
James Basevi Special Effects
Walter Wanger Producer
Werner Janssen Original Music Composer
Rudolph Maté Director of Photography
Otho Lovering Editor
Dorothy Spencer Editor
Alexander Toluboff Art Direction
Ali Hubert Costume Design
Daniel Keefe Production Manager
United States 17 June 1938
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31 March 1938
The vassals of the Asano clan, who surrendered the castle & became wanderers, deceive the enemy and the public, wait for an opportunity to avenge their master and his family.
16 November 1938
This film was mainly shot in the Japanese skiing resort Hokkaido in 1937-38 and was intended to create support for the coming winter olympics of 1940 in Japan which however were cancelled because of the Japanese-Chinese war.
19 March 1938
James A. FitzPatrick's TravelTalks series takes a look at the lives and customs in New Brunswick.
02 January 1938
Documentary short directed by Sidney Cole and Thorold Dickinson.
01 June 1938
Set in the late Edo period of the assassination of Dairo Ii, the sword and emotional romance that depicts the murderous world.
25 February 1938
The Cabin Kids, in between song and dance numbers, are at the county fair with intentions, fair or foul, of helping Mammy win the Pancakes cooking contest.
02 December 1938
At the Indianapolis Speedway mobsters try to bump off a young racer just as they did his dad. Junk yard owner tap dances.
21 December 1938
In the village of Sableuse, the local manor has been bought out by a nouveau riche, Emile Cousinet. When his wife Lisette, a former music hall actress, flees to Paris with young Pierre de Sableuse, Cousinet asks Father Pellegrin, the village vicar, to bring the lost sheep back home.
05 May 1938
A short film on Republican efforts to improve education standards during the Spanish Civil War.
29 July 1938
Egyptologist, Dean Lambert, accused of car-theft, skips bail and begins a cross-country trek to join a group in New York headed for Egypt.
06 February 1938
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Artwork, screen shots, trailers and other imagery is © 1938 United Artists, Walter Wanger Productions.
