'Till We Meet Again (1940)

Merle Oberon, George Brent, Pat O'Brien, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Binnie Barnes ... see more  , Frank McHugh , Eric Blore , Henry O'Neill , George Reeves , Frank Wilcox , Doris Lloyd , Marjorie Gateson , Regis Toomey , William Halligan , Wade Boteler , Mary Anderson , Nat Carr , Bess Flowers , Chester Gan , Sol (Saul) Gorss , William Gould , Grace Hayle , Robert E. Homans , William Hopper , Edward Keane , Victor Kilian , Mary MacLaren , Frank Mayo , Lynn Merrick , Walter Miller , Jack Mower , David Newell , Frank Orth , Eddie Parker , Frank Puglia , George Regas , John Ridgely , Jeffrey Sayre , Charles Sherlock , Maris Wrixon , Hal Brazeale , David Tillotson , Robert Elliott

'Til We Meet Again is an inflated remake of 1932's One Way Passage. As in the original, the hero is a convicted murderer en route to the death house by way of a merchant ship; the heroine is suffering... read more  from a terminal illness. Once more, hero and heroine fall in love, each keeping the facts of his or her imminent doom from the other. The principal difference this time is that instead of William Powell and Kay Francis, the stars are George Brent and Merle Oberon. This cast change does no damage to the basic storyline, but the decision in 'Til We Meet Again to expand upon the secondary romance between the arresting detective (Pat O'Brien) and an accomplice of the condemned man (Geraldine Fitzgerald) throws the focus of the film completely out of kilter. One decided benefit to both One Way Passage and 'Til We Meet Again is the comic presence of Frank McHugh, who plays the same role--a tipsy pickpocket--in both pictures. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi