Richard Basehart
as Lt. Dick Rennick
Est. fee: N/A
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Decision Before Dawn
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.
- Director
- Anatole Litvak
- Year
- 1951
- Cast
- Richard Basehart, Gary Merrill, Oskar Werner, Hildegard Knef, Dominique Blanchar, O.E. Hasse, Wilfried Seyferth, Hans Christian Blech, Helene Thimig, George Tyne
- Genres
- War, Action, Thriller
- Country
- United States of America, Germany
- Language
- German, English
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The Cast
Principal cast
Gary Merrill
as Col. Devlin
Est. fee: N/A
Oskar Werner
as Cpl. Karl Maurer - aka Happy
Est. fee: N/A
Hildegard Knef
as Hilde
Est. fee: N/A
Dominique Blanchar
as Monique
Est. fee: N/A
O.E. Hasse
as Col. Oberst von Ecker
Est. fee: N/A
Wilfried Seyferth
as Heinz Scholtz, SS-Mann
Est. fee: N/A
Hans Christian Blech
as Sgt. Rudolf Barth - aka Tiger
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