Love Affair
“They Part as Strangers... to meet again as lovers...! Two people who were true to themselves...and who loved each other...at the expense of those who loved them!”
Leo McCareyCast
Irene Dunne 
Charles Boyer 
Maria Ouspenskaya 
Lee Bowman Astrid Allwyn 
Maurice Moscovitch
Credits
Written by: 
Delmer Daves
Plot
A French playboy and an American singer fall in love on an ocean liner and agree to meet again at the Empire State Building.
Sinekatalog’s take
Leo McCarey's romance, with Irene Dunne and Charles Boyer, is witty and heartfelt, remade in 1957 as An Affair to Remember.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.3 / 10 (7,381 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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