Paris Underground

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Constance Bennett

Kitty de Mornay

Age : 60 | Popularity : 34%

Gracie Fields

Emmeline Quayle

Age : N/A | Popularity : 5%

George Rigaud

Andre de Mornay

Age : N/A | Popularity : 15%

Kurt Kreuger

Capt. Kurt von Weber

Age : N/A | Popularity : 15%

Eily Malyon

Madame Martin

Age : N/A | Popularity : 42%

Vladimir Sokoloff

Undertaker

Age : 72 | Popularity : 40%

Gregory Gaye

Tissier

Age : 92 | Popularity : 23%

Leslie Vincent

Lt. William Gray

Age : N/A | Popularity : 5%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Gregory Ratoff
Sound	Sound	John R. Carter
	Original Music Composer	Alexander Tansman
Editing	Editor	Hanson T. Fritch
Writing	Screenplay	Gertrude Purcell Boris Ingster
	Story	Etta Shiber
Crew	Cinematography	Lee Garmes
Production	Producer	Constance Bennett
Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	Travis Banton
	Wardrobe Coordinator	Drew Tetrick
Art	Art Direction	Victor Greene
Department	Role	Name

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