Decision Before Dawn (1951)
1h 59m
Running Time
December 21, 1951Release Date
Decision Before Dawn (1951)
1h 59m
Running Time
December 21, 1951Release Date
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Plot.
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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Cast & Crew.
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 Man
Jack Rollens
Writer
Hans Christian Blech
Sgt. Rudolf Barth - aka Tiger
Carl Zuckmayer
Writer
Helene Thimig
Fräulein Paula Schneider
George Tyne
Sgt. Griffin
Robert Freitag
Sgt. Paul Richter
Anatole Litvak
Director
Harold Benedict
Lt. Pete Gevers
Peter Viertel
Writer
Arno Assmann
Ernst Brandenbacher (uncredited)
Heinrich Berg
(uncredited)
George Howe
Writer
Bert Brandt
German NCO (uncredited)
Jochen Diestelmann
(uncredited)
Frank McCarthy
Producer
Ulrich Folkmar
Prisoner (uncredited)
Franz Waxman
Composer
Otto Friebel
Clerk (uncredited)
Franz Planer
Cinematographer
Gert Fröbe
German Corporal - Nuremberg Control Point (uncredited)
Dorothy Spencer
Editor
Werner Fuetterer
von Bülow (uncredited)
Elfe Gerhart
Barmaid (uncredited)
Loni Heuser
Fritzi Kollwitz (uncredited)
Alexander Kraft-Hohenlohe
German NCO (uncredited)
Charles Jacquemar
Volkssturmmann (uncredited)
Walter Janssen
Fiedl (uncredited)
Erik Jelde
German NCO (uncredited)
Klaus Kinski
Whining Soldier (uncredited)
Gerhard Kittler
German Lieutenant (uncredited)
Til Kiwe
Adjutant (uncredited)
Klaus W. Krause
German NCO (uncredited)
Walter Ladengast
German Deserter (uncredited)
Maria Landrock
Wehrmacht Girl (uncredited)
Herbert Lehnert
(uncredited)
Adi Lödel
Kurt (uncredited)
Peter Lühr
von Schirmeck (uncredited)
Emil Matousek
(uncredited)
Wolf Petersen
(uncredited)
Charles Regnier
German Prisoner (uncredited)
Arnulf Schröder
Old Prisoner of War (uncredited)
Paul Schwed
Man on Wehrmacht Bus (uncredited)
Kai-Siegfried Seefeld
(uncredited)
Uli Steigberg
(uncredited)
Peter Martin Urtel
German Soldier (uncredited)
Rudolf Vogel
Volkssturmmann (uncredited)
Hans von Morhart
Prisoner of War (uncredited)
Jaspar von Oertzen
Prisoner of War (uncredited)
Maria Wimmer
Woman in the Street (uncredited)
Media.
Details.
Release DateDecember 21, 1951
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 59m
Content RatingNR
Filming LocationsNuremberg, Germany
Genres
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Wiki.
Decision Before Dawn is a 1951 American war film directed by Anatole Litvak, starring Richard Basehart, Oskar Werner, and Hans Christian Blech. It tells the story of the U.S. Army using potentially unreliable German prisoners of war to gather intelligence as clandestine "line-crossers" in the closing days of World War II. The film was adapted by Peter Viertel and Jack Rollens (uncredited) from the novel Call It Treason by George Howe.