Joan of Paris
Joan of Paris is a 1942 war film about five Royal Air Force pilots shot down over Nazi-occupied France during World War II and their attempt to escape to England. It stars Michèle Morgan and Paul Henreid, with Thomas Mitchell, Laird Cregar and May Robson in her last role.
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| Directed by | Robert Stevenson James Anderson (assistant) |
| Written by | Jacques Théry (story) Georges Kessel (story) Charles Bennett Ellis St. Joseph |
| Produced by | David Hempstead |
| Starring | Michèle Morgan Paul Henreid Thomas Mitchell Laird Cregar |
| Cinematography | Russell Metty |
| Edited by | Sherman Todd |
| Music by | Roy Webb |
Production company | RKO Radio Pictures |
| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $666,000 |
| Box office | $1,150,000 |
Joan of Paris marked the U.S. screen debuts of Austrian Henreid and Frenchwoman Morgan. Henreid had previously appeared in some British-American co-productions made in England and had starred on Broadway in the play Flight to the West as Paul von Hernreid. When he was signed with RKO in 1942, the studio changed his surname, dropping the "von" and changing his last name to "Henreid", the name he used for the rest of his film career.
Cregar was borrowed from 20th-Century Fox. Alan Ladd, who played one of the downed airmen, was about to become a star. After his breakthrough starring role in This Gun for Hire (1942), Joan of Paris was re-released with Ladd more prominently featured.