We Are Not Alone (1939 film)

We Are Not Alone is a 1939 American drama film directed by Edmund Goulding and starring Paul Muni, Jane Bryan, and Flora Robson. The film is based on the 1937 novel We Are Not Alone by James Hilton, who adapted his novel with Milton Krims.

We Are Not Alone
Directed by	Edmund Goulding
Written by	James Hilton (novel and screenplay) Milton Krims (screenplay)
Produced by	Hal B. Wallis (exec. producer) Henry Blanke (assoc. producer)
Starring	Paul Muni Jane Bryan Flora Robson
Cinematography	Tony Gaudio
Edited by	Warren Low
Music by	Max Steiner
Production company	First National Pictures
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	November 25, 1939 (1939-11-25)
Running time	112 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

A doctor hires a woman as a nanny for his son. When his wife becomes jealous, tragedy consumes all involved.

Cast

• Paul Muni as Dr. David Newcome
• Jane Bryan as Leni Krafft
• Flora Robson as Jessica Newcome
• Raymond Severn as Gerald Newcome
• Una O'Connor as Susan
• Henry Daniell as Sir Ronald Dawson
• Montagu Love as Major Millman
• James Stephenson as Sir William Clintock
• Stanley Logan as Sir Guy Lockhead
• Cecil Kellaway as Judge
• Alan Napier as Archdeacon
• Eily Malyon as Archdeacon's Wife
• Douglas Scott as Tommy Baker
• Crauford Kent as Dr. Stacey
• Billy Bevan as Mr. Jones
• Holmes Herbert as Police Inspector
• John Powers as Charley
• Colin Kenny as George
• Ethel Griffies as Mrs. Raymond
• Olaf Hytten as Mr. Clark (uncredited)

Reception

Frank Nugent praised the film in his The New York Times review, writing "his [James Hilton's] We Are Not Alone emerges as a film of rare tenderness and beauty, compassionate and grave, possessed above all of the quality of serenity...one of the most soundly written films of the year, one of the best directed and, of course, one of the most brilliantly played."

External links

• We Are Not Alone at the TCM Movie Database
• We Are Not Alone at IMDb
• We Are Not Alone at AllMovie