Paris Underground (1945)
Constance Bennett both produced and starred in the espionager Paris Underground. Bennett and Gracie Fields play, respectively, an American and an English citizen trapped in Paris when the Nazis invade. The women team up to help Allied aviators escape from the occupied city into Free French territory. The screenplay was based on the true wartime activities of Etta Shiber, who engineered the escape of nearly 300 Allied pilots. British fans of comedienne Gracie Fields were put off by the scenes in which she is tortured by the Gestapo, while Constance Bennett's following had been rapidly dwindling since the 1930s; as a result, the heartfelt but tiresome Paris Underground failed to make a dent at the box-office. It would be Constance Bennett's last starring film--and Gracie Fields' last film, period.
Director:
Gregory Ratoff
Writers:
Boris Ingster, Gertrude Purcell.
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Constance Bennett as Kitty de Mornay |
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Gracie Fields as Emmeline Quayle |
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George Rigaud as Andre de Mornay |
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Kurt Kreuger as Capt. Kurt von Weber |
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Eily Malyon as Madame Martin |
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Vladimir Sokoloff as Undertaker |
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Gregory Gaye as Tissier |
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Leslie Vincent as Lt. William Gray |
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Charles Andre as Father Dominique |
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Richard Ryen as Mons. Renard |
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Maurice Cass as Patriot |
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Adrienne D'Ambricourt as Margot |
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Andrew V. McLaglen as Sgt. McNair |
| Directing | Gregory Ratoff | Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Drew Tetrick | Wardrobe Coordinator |
| Sound | Alexander Tansman | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | John R. Carter | Sound |
| Writing | Etta Shiber | Story |
| Writing | Boris Ingster | Screenplay |
| Writing | Gertrude Purcell | Screenplay |
| Production | Constance Bennett | Producer |
| Crew | Lee Garmes | Cinematography |
| Editing | Hanson T. Fritch | Editor |
| Art | Victor Greene | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Travis Banton | Costume Design |
