| Watch on the Rhine | |
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| Directed by | Herman Shumlin |
| Screenplay by | Dashiell Hammett |
| Based on | Watch on the Rhine 1941 play by Lillian Hellman |
| Produced by | Hal B. Wallis |
| Starring | Bette Davis Paul Lukas Geraldine Fitzgerald Lucile Watson Beulah Bondi George Coulouris |
| Cinematography | Merritt B. Gerstad Hal Mohr |
| Edited by | Rudi Fehr |
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| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time | 114 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1,099,000[1] |
| Box office | $2.5 million (US rentals)[2] or $3,392,000[1] |
Watch on the Rhine is a 1943 American drama film directed by Herman Shumlin and starring Bette Davis and Paul Lukas. The screenplay by Dashiell Hammett is based on the 1941 play Watch on the Rhine by Lillian Hellman. Watch on the Rhine was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture and Paul Lukas won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance as Kurt Muller, a German-born anti-fascist in this film.[3]
- ^ a b Warner Bros financial information in The William Schaefer Ledger. See Appendix 1, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, (1995) 15:sup1, 1-31 p 24 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551
- ^ Variety (8 March 2018). "Variety (January 1944)". New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "The 16th Academy Awards (1944) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). Archived from the original on March 21, 2016. Retrieved August 27, 2013.