Paris Underground

Overview

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.

Cast

Constance Bennett

Kitty de Mornay

Gracie Fields

Emmeline Quayle

George Rigaud

Andre de Mornay

Kurt Kreuger

Capt. Kurt von Weber

Eily Malyon

Madame Martin

Vladimir Sokoloff

Undertaker

Gregory Gaye

Tissier

Leslie Vincent

Lt. William Gray

Charles Andre

Father Dominique

Richard Ryen

Mons. Renard

Maurice Cass

Patriot

Adrienne D'Ambricourt

Margot