Englishman Mr. Howard is on a fishing holiday in eastern France when the Germans invade in 1940. Setting off to try and get back home he is persuaded to take along the two Cavanaugh children, and as his journey progresses his family keeps growing in size. Once in German-occupied northern France a new problem arises — the risk of being heard speaking English.
Cast
Monty Woolley
John Sidney Howard
Roddy McDowall
Ronnie Cavanaugh
Anne Baxter
Nicole Rougeron
Otto Preminger
Major Diessen
J. Carrol Naish
Aristide Rougeron
Lester Matthews
Mr. Cavanaugh
Jill Esmond
Mrs. Cavanaugh
Ferike Boros
Madame
Peggy Ann Garner
Sheila Cavanaugh
Merrill Rodin
Willem
Maurice Tauzin
Pierre
Fleurette Zama
Rose
William Edmunds
Frenchman
Marcel Dalio
Focquet
Marcelle Corday
Madame Bonne
Odette Myrtil
Madame Rougeron
Jean Del Val
Railroad Official
Rudolph Anders
Lieutenant
Henry Rowland
Military Policeman
Helmut Dantine
Aide
George Davis
Barman
Crew
Irving Pichel
Director
Nunnally Johnson
Screenplay, Producer
Nevil Shute
Novel
Allen McNeil
Editor
Edward Cronjager
Director of Photography
Tom Dudley
Assistant Director
Darryl F. Zanuck
Executive Producer
Sam Benson
Wardrobe Supervisor
Dolly Tree
Costume Design
Guy Pearce
Makeup Artist
Otto Brower
Second Unit Director
E. Clayton Ward
Sound
Roger Heman Sr.
Sound
Alfred Newman
Original Music Composer, Music Director
Cyril J. Mockridge
Additional Music
Hugo Friedhofer
Additional Music
Thomas Little
Set Decoration
Harry Brand
Publicist
Richard Day
Art Direction
Maurice Ransford
Art Direction
Edward B. Powell
Orchestrator
