Red Danube, The (1949) - (Movie Clip) We Have Our Lord

Red Danube, The - (Original Trailer)

A Russian ballerina in Vienna tries to flee KGB agents and defect in The Red Danube (1949), directed by George Sidney and starring Janet Leigh and Walter Pidgeon.

Red Danube, The (1949) -- (Movie Clip) At The Gondola In Ten MInutes

Smooth MGM introduction of flashy supporting players, Melville Cooper, Angela Lansbury and Peter Lawford, as British military staffers in post WWII Rome, opening the big budget political-romance The Red Danube, 1949, starring Janet Leigh, Walter Pidgeon and Ethel Barrymore.

Red Danube, The (1949) -- (Movie Clip) Are You Keen On The Ballet?

Intrigued Brit Major McPhinister (Peter Lawford) has followed refugee Maria (Janet Leigh) from the post-WWII Vienna convent where she’s hiding and he’s billeted, discovering her occupation, meeting a Yank (John Royce) and another dancer (Margo Von Lou), in The Red Danube, 1949.

Red Danube, The (1949) -- (Movie Clip) Marshal Stalin Wants Her

All the key MGM players, Louis Calhern the Soviet officer hunting ballerina Olga (a.k.a Maria, Janet Leigh), her identity not previously known to Brit Col. Nicobar (Walter Pidgeon), Peter Lawford his smitten aide, Ethel Barrymore the abbess hiding her in a Vienna convent, in The Red Danube, 1949.