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Little Boy Lost (1953)

Little Boy Lost poster
Directed by
Marghanita Laski, William Perlberg, George Seaton
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 35m
Rated
NR
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A war correspondent returns to France after World War II to find the son he lost during a bombing raid. The boy may be living in a Paris orphanage.

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What happens

Little Boy Lost is a 1953 American drama film directed by George Seaton and starring Bing Crosby, Claude Dauphin, and Christian Fourcade. Based on the novel Little Boy Lost by Marghanita Laski, the film is about a war correspondent stationed in Paris during World War II and once married to a young Frenchwoman who was murdered by the Nazis. Following the war, he returns to France trying to find his son, whom he lost during a bombing raid but has been told is living in an orphanage in Paris. Costumes were designed by Edith Head. Makeup was supervised by Wally Westmore. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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