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Decision Before Dawn

Decision Before Dawn

IMDB:

6.7
Decision Before Dawn

Released

12/21/1951

Duration

1h 59m

Genre

War, Action, Thriller

Country

United States of America

Cast

Richard Basehart, Gary Merrill, Oskar Werner

Overview

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.

Cast

Richard Basehart

Lt. Dick Rennick

Richard Basehart

Gary Merrill

Col. Devlin

Gary Merrill

Oskar Werner

Cpl. Karl Maurer - aka Happy

Oskar Werner

Hildegard Knef

Hilde

Hildegard Knef

Dominique Blanchar

Monique

Dominique Blanchar

O.E. Hasse

Col. Oberst von Ecker

O.E. Hasse

Wilfried Seyferth

Heinz Scholtz, SS-Mann

Wilfried Seyferth

Hans Christian Blech

Sgt. Rudolf Barth - aka Tiger

Hans Christian Blech

Helene Thimig

Fräulein Schneide

Helene Thimig

George Tyne

Sgt. Griffin

George Tyne

Robert Freitag

Sgt. Paul Richter

Robert Freitag

Harold Benedict

Lt. Pete Gevers

Harold Benedict

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