• Rating:
• Genre: Drama
• Director: Douglas Sirk
• Main Cast: June Allyson, Rossano Brazzi, Marianne Cook, Françoise Rosay, Keith Andes
• Release Year: 1957
• Country: US
• Run Time: 90 minutes

Plot

Like many of his best works, filmmaker Douglas Sirk's Interlude is a remake of an earlier Universal soap opera. In this case, Sirk's source material is the 1939 Irene Dunne-Charles Boyer vehicle When Tomorrow Comes. Based on a story by (of all people) James M. Cain, the story concerns the romance between aspiring musician Helen Banning (June Allyson) and famed symphony conductor Tonio Fischer (Rossano Brazzi). Alas, Tonio is married, and his bibulous, vindictive wife (Marianne Cook) isn't about to give him a divorce. Meanwhile, stiff-necked American doctor Morley Dwyer (Keith Andes) waits patiently for his sweetheart Helen to come to her senses and return to his arms. Opulently location-filmed in Austria, Interlude was remade under the same title in 1968. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

• June Allyson - Helen Banning
• Rossano Brazzi - Tonio Fischer
• Marianne Cook - Reni Fischer
• Françoise Rosay - Countess Reinhart
• Keith Andes - Dr. Morley Dwyer

Frances Bergen - Gertrude Kirk; Jane Wyatt - Prue Stubbins; Lisa Helwig - Housekeeper; John Stein - Dr. Stein; Janet Davies - Nanny; Simon Davis - Simon; Muguette de Braie - Mario's Wife; Roslyn de Winter - Humphrey's Secretary; Barbara Ferris - Sally; Derek Jacobi - Paul; Bernard Kay - George Selworih; Marianne Koch - Reni Fischer; Robert Lang - Humphrey Turnbull; Virginia Maskell - Antonia; Gino Mulvazzi - Mario; Geraldine Sherman - Natalie; Sarah Jane Stratton - Sarah Jane; Nora Swinburne - Mary; Alan Webb - Andrew; Oskar Werner - Stefan Zelter; John Cleese - 'rV Publicist

Credit

James M. Cain - Book Author; Franklin Coen - Screenwriter; William H. Daniels - Cinematographer; Daniel Fuchs - Screenwriter; Russell A. Gausman - Set Designer; Joseph E. Gershenson - Composer (Music Score); Alexander Golitzen - Art Director; Ross Hunter - Producer; Russell Schoengarth - Editor; Douglas Sirk - Director; Frank Skinner - Composer (Music Score); Frank Skinner - Songwriter; Paul Francis Webster - Songwriter; Bud Westmore - Makeup; Inez Cocke - Screenwriter; Jay A. Morley, Jr. - Costume Designer; Robert Emmet Smith - Art Director; Leslie I. Carey - Sound/Sound Designer; Marshall Green - First Assistant Director