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39. "Watch on the Rhine" starrng Bette Davis and Paul Lulas (1943) about German resistance fighters...

Sun Jul 27, 2025, 12:12 AM

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who were given a respite from the fight to visit Bette Davs, who is Amercan, her home in DC. Lukas is injured and intends to go back.

Davis' mother and brother live in a grand home and have house guest from Europe, a former lesser royal from eastern Europe turns out to be a nazi to visit the German embassy. A conflict arises with the Davs/Lukas resistance fighters and the nazi and drama unfolrds.

It's a film noir flick, a favorite film era of mine.

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