This Land Is Mine (1943)
~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Hara, (more)
- Director(s):
- Jean Renoir
Synopsis of This Land Is Mine
Written by Dudley Nichols and directed by French expatriate director Jean Renoir, This Land is Mine is one of those "inspirational" wartime dramas that just don't hold up too well when seen today. The scene is an unnamed European country, recently overrun by the Nazis (this takes place during a "silent" opening sequence that's the best thing in the film). Charles Laughton plays Albert Lory, a mama's-boy schoolmaster who is the object of his students' ridicule. A craven coward, Lory is held responsible when resistance fighter Paul Martin (Kent Smith), the brother of beauteous teacher Louise Martin (Maureen O'Hara), is executed by the Nazis, though in fact it was Lory's panic-stricken mother (Una O'Connor) who betrayed Paul by informing on him to his friend and collaborator George Lambert (George Sanders).
~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of This Land Is Mine
- Charles Laughton - Arthur Lory
- George Sanders - George Lambert
- Kent Smith - Paul Martin
- Philip Merivale - Prof. Sorel
- George Coulouris - Prosecuting Attorney
- Ivan Simpson - Judge
- Frank Alten - Lt. Schwartz
- Wheaton Chambers - Mr. Lorraine
- Gordon B. Clark - Lieutenant
- Edward McNamara - Policeman
- Joan Barclay - Young Woman
- George Carleton - Jury Foreman
- Hans Moebus - German Chauffeur
- Lloyd Ingraham - Paper Man in Street
- Ida Shoemaker - Woman in Street
- Gus Taillon - Newsman
- Henry Roquemore - Butcher
- Otto Hoffman - Printer
- Margaret Fealy - Old Woman
- Casey Johnson - Boy
- Walter Thiele - German Soldier
- William Yetter, Jr. - Otto
- Maureen O'Hara - Louise Martin
- Walter Slezak - Maj. Erich von Keller
- Una O'Connor - Mrs. Emma Lory
- Thurston Hall - Mayor Henry Manville
- Nancy Gates - Julie Grant
- John Donat - Edmund Lorraine
- Leo Bulgakov - Little Man
- Cecil Weston - Mrs. Lorraine
- Philip Ahlm - German Lieutenant
- Tommy Bond - Julian
- George Sorel - German Sergeant
- Jack Martin - German Captain
- Mary Stuart - Photo Double
- John Dilson - Mayor's Secretary
- Oscar Lorraine - Clerk
- Hal Malone - Bit in Courtroom
- George MacQuarrie - Chief of Police
- Jack Shea - Burly Cop
- Ludwig Donath - German Captain
- Ferdinand Schumann-Heink - Karl
- Hans Von Morhart - Soldier Who Gets Slapped
- Linda Ann Bieber - Emily
- Director(s):
- Jean Renoir
- Writer(s):
- Dudley Nichols
- Producer(s):
- Jean Renoir, Dudley Nichols
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