'Til We Meet Again (1940)

Director:

Edmund Goulding

Writers:

Robert Lord (story)
Warren Duff (writer)

Release Date:

20 April 1940 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Tagline:

FOUR WEEKS IN WHICH TO LIVE - an eternity in which to die. One of the grandest screen treats.

Plot:

Dying Joan Ames meets criminal Dan Hardesty on a luxury liner as he is being transported back to America by policeman Steve Burke to face execution. Joan and Dan fall in love, their fates unbeknownst to one another. |

Plot Keywords:

Con Artist | Incurable Disease | New Year's Eve | Remake | Ship

Cast

Merle Oberon	...	Joan Ames
George Brent	...	Dan Hardesty
Pat O'Brien	...	Police Lt. Steve Burke
Geraldine Fitzgerald	...	Bonny Coburn
Binnie Barnes	...	Comtesse de Bresac
Frank McHugh	...	Rockingham T. Rockingham
Eric Blore	...	Sir Harold Pinchard
Henry O'Neill	...	Dr. Cameron
George Reeves	...	Jimmy Coburn
Frank Wilcox	...	Frank, Assistant Purser
Doris Lloyd	...	Louise
Marjorie Gateson	...	Mrs. Hester
Regis Toomey	...	Freddy
William Halligan	...	Bartender on Boat
Victor Kilian	...	Herb McGillis

Also Known As:

Till We Meet Again (USA) (alternative spelling)
We Shall Meet Again (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

99 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Certification:

Australia:G | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

Remade as a segment of "The Love Boat" (1977), with John Forsythe and Ursula Andress in the lead roles. This was part of the two-hour season-opening special "The China Cruise" (7.1, 1 October 1983).

Goofs:

Factual errors: The doctor states that Joan Ames has angina pectoris and that nothing can be done for her. In fact, nitroglycerine had been used for the treatment of angina since the 1870s.

Movie Connections:

Remake of One Way Passage (1932)

Soundtrack:

On San Francisco Bay

I waited almost 15 years to see the end of this movie

my ex was a truck driver. The night that I was watching this movie, he called just as they were arriving in Hawaii. I missed the rest of the movie and was extremely disappointed. I tried to find it again on TV and only once that I know, was it shown. I imagined scenarios for many years trying to figure out what the ending would be. I finally found a company that had access to many film archives and obtained a copy. I've only had it a week and I have already watched it 3 times. The rest of the movie was better than anything that I dreamed up. I liked the twists and turns of the plot and the ending was classic. Of course, you could always imagine that the ending was different, but I think that the way it ended enhanced the love story. True love overcomes all difficulties in the end.