To Be or Not to Be

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1942 PG-13 1h 39m

7.8 /10

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To Be or Not to Be

To Be or Not to Be

Genre

Comedy War Romance

Plot

During the Nazi occupation of Poland, an acting troupe becomes embroiled in a Polish soldier's efforts to track down a German spy.

Director

Writers

Melchior Lengyel Edwin Justus Mayer

Stars

Carole Lombard Jack Benny Robert Stack

Cast & Crew

Carole Lombard

Jack Benny

Robert Stack

Lieut. Stanislav Sobinski

Felix Bressart

Lionel Atwill

Stanley Ridges

Professor Alexander Siletsky

Sig Ruman

Tom Dugan

Charles Halton

Producer Dobosh

George Lynn

Henry Victor

Maude Eburne

Halliwell Hobbes

Halliwell Hobbes

Miles Mander

Major Cunningham

Rudolph Anders

Gestapo Sergeant at Desk at Top of Hotel Stairs (uncredited)

Polish RAF Pilot (uncredited)

Sven Hugo Borg

German Soldier (uncredited)

Member of Audience at Performance of Hamlet (uncredited)

Buster Brodie

Townsman (uncredited)

Wilhelm Kunze (uncredited)

Alec Craig

Scottish Farmer Without Mustache (uncredited)

Helmut Dantine

Co-Pilot (uncredited)

Member of Audience at Performance of Hamlet (uncredited)

Captain (uncredited)

James Finlayson

James Finlayson

Scottish Farmer with Mustache (uncredited)

Polish RAF Pilot (uncredited)

Member of Audience at Performance of Hamlet (uncredited)

Leyland Hodgson

Leyland Hodgson

Second Reporter (uncredited)

Shep Houghton

German Soldier (uncredited)

Olaf Hytten

Polonius in Warsaw (uncredited)

Reporter (uncredited)

Townswoman (uncredited)

John Kellogg

Polish RAF Flyer (uncredited)

Adolf E. Licho

Prompter (uncredited)

Wilbur Mack

Member of Audience at Performance of Hamlet (uncredited)

English Wireless Operator (uncredited)

Maurice Murphy

Polish RAF Pilot (uncredited)

Richard Neill

Warsaw Bystander (uncredited)

Russ Powell

Warsaw Bystander (uncredited)

Frank Reicher

Polish Official (uncredited)

Otto Reichow

Co-Pilot (uncredited)

Gene Rizzi

Polish RAF Pilot (uncredited)

Member of Audience at Performance of Hamlet (uncredited)

Special Investigations Squad (uncredited)

Stephen Soldi

Warsaw Bystander (uncredited)

Count Stefenelli

Member of Audience at Performance of Hamlet (uncredited)

Roland Varno

Pilot (uncredited)

Ernö Verebes

Stage Manager (uncredited)

Dorothy Vernon

Member of Audience at Performance of Hamlet (uncredited)

Armand 'Curly' Wright

Makeup Man (uncredited)

Wolfgang Zilzer

Wolfgang Zilzer

Man in Bookstore (uncredited)

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