Paris Underground (1945) - Drama Movies 96 minutes. Madame Pimpernel. 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. estrangement
Paris Underground (1945)
Madame Pimpernel-
Released: Oct 18, 1945
Runtime: 96 minutes
: 5.6/10 by 5 users
Stars: Constance Bennett, Gracie Fields, George Rigaud, Kurt Kreuger, Eily Malyon, Vladimir Sokoloff
Crew: Gregory Ratoff (Director), Drew Tetrick (Wardrobe Coordinator), Alexander Tansman (Original Music Composer), John R. Carter (Sound), Etta Shiber (Story), Boris Ingster (Screenplay)
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.
