Editing Hold Back the Dawn (section)

==Reception==
On [[review aggregator]] website [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film has an approval rating of [[List of films with a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes|100 percent]] based on 7 critics, with an average rating of 8.40 out of 10.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hold Back the Dawn|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/hold-back-the-dawn|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|publisher=[[Fandango Media]]|accessdate=October 14, 2021}}</ref>

''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' commented that "While ''Hold Back the Dawn'' is basically another European refugee yarn, scenarists [[Charles Brackett]] and [[Billy Wilder]] exercised some ingenuity and imagination and [[Ketti Frings]]' original emerges as fine celluloidia".<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/1940/film/reviews/hold-back-the-dawn-1200413568/|title=Hold Back the Dawn|date=December 31, 1940|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref>

[[Bosley Crowther]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' wrote "You will enjoy it as a straight-away romance, crowded with most engaging characters and smoking with Mr. Boyer's charm".<ref>{{cite news|date=October 2, 1941|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1941/10/02/archives/hold-back-the-dawn-a-poignant-romance-at-the-paramount-harmon-of.html|last=Crowther|first=Bosley|authorlink=Bosley Crowther|title='Hold Back the Dawn', a Poignant Romance, at the Paramount -- 'Harmon of Michigan' at Criterion|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>