Love Affair

1939 · directed by Leo McCarey

Rating

80/100

Hit

yes

A French playboy and an American former nightclub singer fall in love aboard a ship. They arrange to reunite six months later, if neither has changed their mind.

Love Affair (1939), directed by Leo McCarey, rates 80/100 — a hit. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

• Irene Dunne
• Charles Boyer
• Maria Ouspenskaya
• Lee Bowman
• Astrid Allwyn
• Maurice Moscovitch
• Mary Bayless
• Scotty Beckett
• Ferike Boros
• Mary Bovard

Crew

• Rudolph Maté — Director of Photography
• Edward Dmytryk — Editor
• George Hively — Editor
• Roy Webb — Original Music Composer
• Delmer Daves — Screenplay
• Donald Ogden Stewart — Screenplay

More from Leo McCarey

1. Make Way for Tomorrow (1937) — 87/100 · hit
2. Ruggles of Red Gap (1935) — 84/100 · hit
3. Duck Soup (1933) — 82/100 · hit
4. The Awful Truth (1937) — 80/100 · hit
5. Going My Way (1944) — 80/100 · hit
6. The Bells of St. Mary's (1945) — 76/100

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