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Decision Before Dawn (1951)

ALL 12/21/1951 (en) War, Action, Thriller 119 Min
  • Release
    12/21/1951
  • Production
    20th Century Fox
  • Rotten tomato
    67%
  • Original title
    Decision Before Dawn
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

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!

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.

  1. Anatole Litvak

    Director

  2. Story



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Casts

  1. Richard Basehart

    Lt. Dick Rennick

  2. Gary Merrill

    Col. Devlin

  3. Oskar Werner

    Cpl. Karl Maurer - aka Happy

  4. Hildegard Knef

    Hilde

  5. Dominique Blanchar

    Monique

  6. O.E. Hasse

    Col. Oberst von Ecker

  7. Wilfried Seyferth

    Heinz Scholtz, SS-Mann

  8. Hans Christian Blech

    Sgt. Rudolf Barth - aka Tiger

  9. Helene Thimig

    Fräulein Schneide

  10. George Tyne

    Sgt. Griffin

  11. Robert Freitag

    Sgt. Paul Richter

  12. Harold Benedict

    Lt. Pete Gevers

  13. Arno Assmann

    Ernst Brandenbacher (uncredited)

  14. Heinrich Berg

    (uncredited)

  15. Bert Brandt

    German NCO (uncredited)

  16. Jochen Diestelmann

    (uncredited)

  17. Ulrich Folkmar

    Prisoner (uncredited)

  18. Otto Friebel

    Clerk (uncredited)

  19. Gert Fröbe

    German Corporal - Nuremberg Control Point (uncredited)

  20. Werner Fuetterer

    von Bülow (uncredited)

  21. Elfe Gerhart

    Barmaid (uncredited)

  22. Loni Heuser

    Fritzi Kollwitz (uncredited)

  23. Alexander Kraft-Hohenlohe

    German NCO (uncredited)

  24. Charles Jacquemar

    Volkssturmmann (uncredited)

  25. Walter Janssen

    Fiedl (uncredited)

  26. Erik Jelde

    German NCO (uncredited)

  27. Klaus Kinski

    Whining Soldier (uncredited)

  28. Gerhard Kittler

    German Lieutenant (uncredited)

  29. Til Kiwe

    Adjutant (uncredited)

  30. Klaus W. Krause

    German NCO (uncredited)

  31. Walter Ladengast

    German Deserter (uncredited)

  32. Maria Landrock

    Wehrmacht Girl (uncredited)

  33. Herbert Lehnert

    (uncredited)

  34. Adi Lödel

    Kurt (uncredited)

  35. Peter Lühr

    von Schirmeck (uncredited)

  36. Emil Matousek

    (uncredited)

  37. Wolf Petersen

    (uncredited)

  38. Charles Regnier

    German Prisoner (uncredited)

  39. Arnulf Schröder

    Old Prisoner of War (uncredited)

  40. Paul Schwed

    Man on Wehrmacht Bus (uncredited)

  41. Kai-Siegfried Seefeld

    (uncredited)

  42. Uli Steigberg

    (uncredited)

  43. Peter Martin Urtel

    German Soldier (uncredited)

  44. Rudolf Vogel

    Volkssturmmann (uncredited)

  45. Hans von Morhart

    Prisoner of War (uncredited)

  46. Jaspar von Oertzen

    Prisoner of War (uncredited)

  47. Maria Wimmer

    Woman in the Street (uncredited)

  48. Harald Wolff

    Hartmann (uncredited)

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 48 , Crews : 13

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Decision Before Dawn (1951) 119 Min

ALL 12/21/1951 (en)
War, Action, Thriller
  • Release 12/21/1951
  • Production
    20th Century Fox
  • Original title Decision Before Dawn
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

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!

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.

  1. Anatole Litvak

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Dorothy Spencer

    Editor

  4. Anatole Litvak, Frank McCarthy

    Producer



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