"The Picture Everyone Wants to See"

1942

1h 39m

7.8(786 votes)

Comedy

War

Romance

Overview

During the Nazi occupation of Poland, an acting troupe becomes embroiled in a Polish soldier's efforts to track down a German spy.

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51 members

Acting

Carole Lombard

Maria Tura

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Jack Benny

Joseph Tura

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Robert Stack

Lieut. Stanislav Sobinski

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Felix Bressart

Greenberg

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Lionel Atwill

Rawitch

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Stanley Ridges

Professor Alexander Siletsky

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Sig Ruman

Col. Ehrhardt

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Tom Dugan

Bronski

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Charles Halton

Producer Dobosh

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George Lynn

Actor-Adjutant

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Henry Victor

Capt. Schultz

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Maude Eburne

Anna

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Halliwell Hobbes

Gen. Armstrong

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Miles Mander

Major Cunningham

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Rudolph Anders

Gestapo Sergeant at Desk at Top of Hotel Stairs (uncredited)

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Paul Barrett

Polish RAF Pilot (uncredited)

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Sven Hugo Borg

German Soldier (uncredited)

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Danny Borzage

Member of Audience at Performance of Hamlet (uncredited)

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Buster Brodie

Townsman (uncredited)

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Peter Caldwell

Wilhelm Kunze (uncredited)

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Alec Craig

Scottish Farmer Without Mustache (uncredited)

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Helmut Dantine

Co-Pilot (uncredited)

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Jack Deery

Member of Audience at Performance of Hamlet (uncredited)

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Leslie Denison

Captain (uncredited)

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James Finlayson

Scottish Farmer with Mustache (uncredited)

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James Gillette

Polish RAF Pilot (uncredited)

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Stuart Hall

Member of Audience at Performance of Hamlet (uncredited)

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Leyland Hodgson

Second Reporter (uncredited)

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Shep Houghton

German Soldier (uncredited)

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Olaf Hytten

Polonius in Warsaw (uncredited)

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Charles Irwin

Reporter (uncredited)

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Tiny Jones

Townswoman (uncredited)

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John Kellogg

Polish RAF Flyer (uncredited)

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Adolf E. Licho

Prompter (uncredited)

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Wilbur Mack

Member of Audience at Performance of Hamlet (uncredited)

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John Meredith

English Wireless Operator (uncredited)

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Maurice Murphy

Polish RAF Pilot (uncredited)

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Richard Neill

Warsaw Bystander (uncredited)

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Russ Powell

Warsaw Bystander (uncredited)

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Frank Reicher

Polish Official (uncredited)

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Otto Reichow

Co-Pilot (uncredited)

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Gene Rizzi

Polish RAF Pilot (uncredited)

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John Roy

Member of Audience at Performance of Hamlet (uncredited)

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Hans Schumm

Special Investigations Squad (uncredited)

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Stephen Soldi

Warsaw Bystander (uncredited)

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Count Stefenelli

Member of Audience at Performance of Hamlet (uncredited)

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Roland Varno

Pilot (uncredited)

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Ernö Verebes

Stage Manager (uncredited)

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Dorothy Vernon

Member of Audience at Performance of Hamlet (uncredited)

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Armand 'Curly' Wright

Makeup Man (uncredited)

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Wolfgang Zilzer

Man in Bookstore (uncredited)

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