A Foreign Affair
Produced and released in 1948 by Paramount Pictures, black and white 35mm negative, 1.37:1 screen ratio, mono sound, 116 mins.
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Production:
Directed by Billy Wilder
Written by Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, Richard L. Breen, adapted by Robert Harari from the story by David Shaw
Produced by Charles Brackett
Original Music by Frederick Hollander (songs "Black Market", "Illusions", "Ruins Of Berlin" and "Iowa Corn song")
Cinematography by Charles Lang
Art Direction by Hans Dreier, Walter H. Tyler
Set Decoration by Sam Comer, Ross Dowd
Costume Design by Edith Head
Sound Recording by Hugo Grenzbach, Walter Oberst
Special Effects by Gordon Jennings
Cast:
Jean Arthur as Congresswoman Phoebe Frost
Marlene Dietrich as Erika von Schluetow
John Lund as Captain John Pringle
Millard Mitchell as Col. Rufus J. Plummer
Peter von Zerneck as Hans Otto Birgel
Stanley Prager as Mike
William Murphy as Joe
Raymond Bond as Congressman Pennecot
Boyd Davis as Congressman Griffin
Robert Malcolm as Congressman Kraus
Charles Meredith as Congressman Yarnell
Michael Raffetto as Congressman Salvatore
Damian O'Flynn as Lieutenant Colonel
Frank Fenton as Maj. Mathews
James Larmore as Lt. Hornby
Harland Tucker as Gen. McAndrew
Bill Neff as Lt. Lee Thompson
George M. Carleton as Gen. Finney
Gordon Jones as MP
Freddie Steele as MP
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A Foreign Affair
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film by Wilder and Brackett
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