Hold Back the Dawn
1941 Nominee

100 Words
To let someone in requires removal of walls and all the trimmings; Georges is a resourceful one if you count using what you’ve got to hustle your bustle as resourceful. He is certainly full of something when he takes advantage of a pretty American schoolteacher while keeping a sly dancer on the side for when he becomes a legal citizen. An immigration officer is on the case, but just in case he’s not paying attention, there’s an Austrian badass babe whose baby has struck an agreement with Mom not to be born unless both of them are on U.S. soil.