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Seventh Heaven

1937·US
Director: Henry King
RomanceDrama

A Parisian sewer worker longs for a rise in status and a beautiful wife. He rescues a girl from the police, lives with her in a barren flat on the seventh floor, and then marches away to war.

A Parisian sewer worker longs for a rise in status and a beautiful wife. He rescues a girl from the police, lives with her in a barren flat on the seventh floor, and then marches away to war.

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Cast

Simone Simon

Simone Simon

Diane

James Stewart

James Stewart

Chico

Jean Hersholt

Jean Hersholt

Father Chevillon

Gregory Ratoff

Gregory Ratoff

Boul the Cab Driver

Gale Sondergaard

Gale Sondergaard

Nana, Diane's Sister

J. Edward Bromberg

J. Edward Bromberg

Aristide the Astrologer

John Qualen

John Qualen

Sewer Rat

Victor Kilian

Victor Kilian

Gobin

Thomas Beck

Thomas Beck

Brissac

Sig Ruman

Sig Ruman

Durand (as Sig Rumann)

Mady Christians

Mady Christians

Marie

Rollo Lloyd

Rollo Lloyd

Matoot

Rafaela Ottiano

Rafaela Ottiano

Madame Frisson

Georges Renavent

Georges Renavent

Sergeant Gendarme

Edward Keane

Edward Keane

Gendarme

Crew

Melville Baker

writer

Merritt B. Gerstad

cinematographer

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