Decision Before Dawn

Release date: 12/21/1951

Genres:

War, Action, Thriller

Countries:

United States of America

Rating:

6.7

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!

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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Actors

Richard Basehart

Lt. Dick Rennick

Gary Merrill

Col. Devlin

Oskar Werner

Cpl. Karl Maurer - aka Happy

Hildegard Knef

Hilde

Dominique Blanchar

Monique

O.E. Hasse

Col. Oberst von Ecker

Wilfried Seyferth

Heinz Scholtz, SS-Mann

Hans Christian Blech

Sgt. Rudolf Barth - aka Tiger

Helene Thimig

Fräulein Schneide

George Tyne

Sgt. Griffin

Robert Freitag

Sgt. Paul Richter

Arno Assmann

Ernst Brandenbacher (uncredited)

Gert Fröbe

German Corporal - Nuremberg Control Point (uncredited)

Werner Fuetterer

von Bülow (uncredited)

Elfe Gerhart

Barmaid (uncredited)

Loni Heuser

Fritzi Kollwitz (uncredited)

Walter Janssen

Fiedl (uncredited)

Klaus Kinski

Whining Soldier (uncredited)

Til Kiwe

Adjutant (uncredited)

Walter Ladengast

German Deserter (uncredited)

Maria Landrock

Wehrmacht Girl (uncredited)

Charles Regnier

German Prisoner (uncredited)

Uli Steigberg

(uncredited)

Peter Martin Urtel

German Soldier (uncredited)

Rudolf Vogel

Volkssturmmann (uncredited)

Jaspar von Oertzen

Prisoner of War (uncredited)

Maria Wimmer

Woman in the Street (uncredited)

Harald Wolff

Hartmann (uncredited)

Decision Before Dawn

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