Meet Me at Dawn

Meet Me at Dawn
Directed by	Thornton Freeland Peter Creswell
Produced by	Marcel Hellman
Written by	Marcel Achard Maurice Cowan James Seymour Lesley Storm Anatole Litvak (story)
Starring	William Eythe Stanley Holloway Hazel Court Margaret Rutherford Basil Sydney
Music by	Mischa Spoliansky
Cinematography	Günther Krampf
Edited by	Edward B. Jarvis
Production company	Marcel Hellman Productions (as Excelsior Films Ltd.)
Distributed by	Twentieth Century Fox
Release dates	6 January 1947 (UK)
Running time	99 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Meet Me at Dawn is a 1947 British romantic comedy film directed by Peter Creswell and Thornton Freeland and starring William Eythe, Stanley Holloway and Hazel Court.^[1] The screenplay concerns a very skilled pistol shot who hires himself out to fight and duels in early twentieth century Paris.

Cast

• William Eythe ... Charles Morton
• Stanley Holloway ... Emile Pollet
• Hazel Court ... Gabrielle Vermorel
• George Thorpe ... Senator Philipe Renault
• Irene Browne ... Mme. Renault
• Beatrice Campbell ... Margot
• Basil Sydney ... Georges Vermorel
• Margaret Rutherford ... Madame Vernorel
• Ada Reeve ... Mathilde - the Concierge
• Graeme Muir ... Count de Brissac
• Wilfrid Hyde-White ... Garin - News Editor
• John Ruddock ... Doctor
• O. B. Clarence ... Ambassador
• Aubrey Mallalieu ... Prefect of Police
• James Harcourt ... Henri - the Butler
• Charles Victor ... 1st Client
• John Salew ... 2nd Client
• Percy Walsh ... Shooting Gallery Man
• Hy Hazell ... 1st Girl in Restaurant
• Joan Seton ... Vermorel's Secretary
• Katie Johnson ... Henriette - Mme. Vermorel's Housekeeper
• Diana Decker ... 2nd Girl in Restaurant
• Lind Joyce ... Yvonne Jadin - Singer
• Guy Rolfe ... Ambassador's Friend
• Charles Hawtrey ... Reporter at the fair

Critical reception

The New York Times wrote that the film

is something less than choice either as comedy or romance. In truth, it is plain boring, and the fault isn't Mr. Eythe's. He is pleasant enough in all that he has to do, but the central line of the story...is spread pretty thin...The handful who were present at the first showing yesterday afternoon took "Meet Me at Dawn" without any trace of amusement.^[2]

References

1. "Meet Me at Dawn (1947) | BFI". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. Retrieved 2014-06-29.
2. T.M.P. (1948-05-18). "Movie Review - Meet Me at Dawn - THE SCREEN". NYTimes.com. Retrieved 2014-06-29.

External links

• Meet Me at Dawn at the Internet Movie Database