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.
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Monty Woolley as John Sidney Howard
Roddy McDowall as Ronnie Cavanaugh
Anne Baxter as Nicole Rougeron
Otto Preminger as Major Diessen
J. Carrol Naish as Aristide Rougeron
Lester Matthews as Mr. Cavanaugh
Jill Esmond as Mrs. Cavanaugh
Ferike Boros as Madame
Peggy Ann Garner as Sheila Cavanaugh
Merrill Rodin as Willem
Maurice Tauzin as Pierre
Fleurette Zama as Rose
William Edmunds as Frenchman
Marcel Dalio as Focquet
Marcelle Corday as Madame Bonne
Odette Myrtil as Madame Rougeron
Jean Del Val as Railroad Official
Rudolph Anders as Lieutenant
Henry Rowland as Military Policeman
Helmut Dantine as Aide
George Davis as Barman
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