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The Day and the Hour
The Day and the Hour () is a 1963 French war-time drama film directed by René Clément and starring Simone Signoret and Stuart Whitman. Set in occupied France in 1944 a French woman finds herself helping a downed American pilot as he searches for a way to leave the country.
Cast.
- Simone Signoret as Therese Dutheil
- Stuart Whitman as Captain Allan Morley
- Geneviève Page as Agathe Dutheil
- Michel Piccoli as Antoine
- Reggie Nalder as Le gestapiste
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