He Stayed for Breakfast

Aug 31, 1940

1h 29m

★ 0.0

Meet the merriest mad man that ever barged into a lady's boudoir!

Overview

Set in Paris, this romantic comedy revolves around the beautiful estranged wife of a wealthy banker who hides a handsome and fiery Communist fugitive in her apartment.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures

He Stayed for Breakfast Trailers

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Cast

Marianna Duval

Loretta Young

Paul Boliet

Melvyn Douglas

Maurice Duval

Eugene Pallette

Andre Dorlay

Alan Marshal

Doreta

Una O'Connor

Comrade Tronavich

Curt Bois

Comrade Nicky

Leonid Kinskey

Police Lieutenant

Trevor Bardette

Salesman

Grady Sutton

Butcher

Frank Sully

Secretary

Evelyn Young

Secretary

Ethelreda Leopold

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