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The Vintage Years of Hollywood: 1942: To Be Or Not To Be

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

Lubitsch directs Jack Benny in a black comedy of the Polish Resistance.
Starring Jack Benny, Carole Lombard
with Robert Stack

As Hitler invades Warsaw a theatrical company embarks on a series of deadly but hilarious impersonations to obstruct the Gestapo.

Contributors

Screenplay:
Edwin Justus
Produced and directed by:
Ernst Lubitsch
Joseph Tura:
Jack Benny
Maria Tura:
Carole Lombard
Stanislaw Sobinski:
Robert Stack
Professor Siletsky:
Stanley Ridges
Colonel Erhardt:
Sig Ruman
Rawitch:
Lionel Atwill
Greenberg:
Felix Bressart
Source: Radio Times

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