Decision Before Dawn

Decision Before Dawn (1951)

A woman's kiss . . . A lighted cigarette - Each had Its meaning! An exciting and realistic story of war . . . of German Prisoners Sent Back Behind Their Own Lines as Agents of the Allies!

  • Genre: War, Action, Thriller
  • Release Date: 1951-12-21
  • User Rating: 6.7/10 from 44 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 59min
  • Language: Deutsch
  • Production Company: 20th Century Fox
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Anatole Litvak
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Summary

WWII is entering its last phase: Germany is in ruins, but does not yield. The US army lacks crucial knowledge about the German units operating on the opposite side of the Rhine, and decides to send two German prisoners to gather information. The scheme is risky: the Gestapo retains a terribly efficient network to identify and capture spies and deserters. Moreover, it is not clear that "Tiger", who does not mind any dirty work as long as the price is right, and war-weary "Happy", who might be easily betrayed by his feelings, are dependable agents. After Tiger and another American agent are successfully infiltrated, Happy is parachuted in Bavaria. His duty: find out the whereabouts of a powerful German armored unit moving towards the western front.

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  • Richard Basehart

    as Lt. Dick Rennick

  • Gary Merrill

    as Col. Devlin

  • Oskar Werner

    as Cpl. Karl Maurer - aka Happy

  • Hildegard Knef

    as Hilde

  • Dominique Blanchar

    as Monique

  • O.E. Hasse

    as Col. Oberst von Ecker

  • Wilfried Seyferth

    as Heinz Scholtz, SS-Mann

  • Hans Christian Blech

    as Sgt. Rudolf Barth - aka Tiger

  • Helene Thimig

    as Fräulein Schneide

  • George Tyne

    as Sgt. Griffin

  • Robert Freitag

    as Sgt. Paul Richter

  • Harold Benedict

    as Lt. Pete Gevers

  • Arno Assmann

    as Ernst Brandenbacher (uncredited)

  • Heinrich Berg

    as (uncredited)

  • Bert Brandt

    as German NCO (uncredited)

  • Jochen Diestelmann

    as (uncredited)

  • Ulrich Folkmar

    as Prisoner (uncredited)

  • Otto Friebel

    as Clerk (uncredited)

  • Gert Fröbe

    as German Corporal - Nuremberg Control Point (uncredited)

  • Werner Fuetterer

    as von Bülow (uncredited)

  • Elfe Gerhart

    as Barmaid (uncredited)

  • Loni Heuser

    as Fritzi Kollwitz (uncredited)

  • Alexander Kraft-Hohenlohe

    as German NCO (uncredited)

  • Charles Jacquemar

    as Volkssturmmann (uncredited)

  • Walter Janssen

    as Fiedl (uncredited)

  • Erik Jelde

    as German NCO (uncredited)

  • Klaus Kinski

    as Whining Soldier (uncredited)

  • Gerhard Kittler

    as German Lieutenant (uncredited)

  • Til Kiwe

    as Adjutant (uncredited)

  • Klaus W. Krause

    as German NCO (uncredited)

  • Walter Ladengast

    as German Deserter (uncredited)

  • Maria Landrock

    as Wehrmacht Girl (uncredited)

  • Herbert Lehnert

    as (uncredited)

  • Adi Lödel

    as Kurt (uncredited)

  • Peter Lühr

    as von Schirmeck (uncredited)

  • Emil Matousek

    as (uncredited)

  • Wolf Petersen

    as (uncredited)

  • Charles Regnier

    as German Prisoner (uncredited)

  • Arnulf Schröder

    as Old Prisoner of War (uncredited)

  • Paul Schwed

    as Man on Wehrmacht Bus (uncredited)

  • Kai-Siegfried Seefeld

    as (uncredited)

  • Uli Steigberg

    as (uncredited)

  • Peter Martin Urtel

    as German Soldier (uncredited)

  • Rudolf Vogel

    as Volkssturmmann (uncredited)

  • Hans von Morhart

    as Prisoner of War (uncredited)

  • Jaspar von Oertzen

    as Prisoner of War (uncredited)

  • Maria Wimmer

    as Woman in the Street (uncredited)

  • Harald Wolff

    as Hartmann (uncredited)
Production Frank McCarthy Producer
Writing George Howe Novel
Sound Franz Waxman Original Music Composer
Writing Peter Viertel Screenplay
Camera Franz Planer Director of Photography
Directing Anatole Litvak Director
Production Anatole Litvak Producer
Editing Dorothy Spencer Editor
Crew Gerd Oswald Second Unit
Sound Alfred Bruzlin Sound
Sound Leonid Raab Conductor
Sound Harry M. Leonard Sound
Art Ludwig Reiber Art Direction

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