The Day and the Hour - 1963

It's the spring of 1944 and Therese is in a hurry to get back to Paris. The trains aren't running from the village where she has gone to visit her father's grave and to fill two suitcases with food. Some British and American planes have been shot down and the Germans want to know where the pilots are hiding. An acquaintance has clearance to drive to Paris with a truckload of goats. After she is in the truck Therese discovers that two British pilots and an American pilot are back there with the goats. She must get the men on a train to Paris and to a safe house there, where there is no room for the American. Can she leave him at the Metro station trying to figure out the map?

110min
1963
Released
Trakio rating0.0/10
IMDB rating6.5/10

Cast

Simone Signoret profile pictureSimone SignoretThérèse Dutheil
Stuart Whitman profile pictureStuart Whitmanle capitaine Allan Morley
Reggie Nalder profile pictureReggie Nalderle policier allemand
Billy Kearns profile pictureBilly KearnsPat Riley
Marcel Bozzuffi profile pictureMarcel Bozzuffil'inspecteur Lerat
Henri Virlogeux profile pictureHenri VirlogeuxLegendre, le pharmacien
Maurice Garrel profile pictureMaurice GarrelLe chef milicien (uncredited)
Yvette Etiévant profile pictureYvette EtiévantLa caissière de la pharmacie
Pierre Dux profile picturePierre DuxLe commissaire divisionnaire Marboz - de la Police Judiciaire
Clara Gansard profile pictureClara GansardLa maquisarde
Mark Burns profile pictureMark BurnsUn aviateur anglais
Hénia Suchar profile pictureHénia SucharLa jeune résistante en bleu
Carl Studer profile pictureCarl StuderMaj. Gordon

About The Day and the Hour

The Day and the Hour Overview

It's the spring of 1944 and Therese is in a hurry to get back to Paris. The trains aren't running from the village where she has gone to visit her father's grave and to fill two suitcases with food. Some British and American planes have been shot down and the Germans want to know where the pilots are hiding. An acquaintance has clearance to drive to Paris with a truckload of goats. After she is in the truck Therese discovers that two British pilots and an American pilot are back there with the goats. She must get the men on a train to Paris and to a safe house there, where there is no room for the American. Can she leave him at the Metro station trying to figure out the map?

Runtime: 110min

Extra details

Original Title: Le jour et l'heure
Original Language: French
Directed By: René Clément
Production Companies
Terra FilmCompagnie Internationale de Productions Cinématographiques (CIPRA)Compagnia Cinematografica Mondiale (CCM)