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Decision Before Dawn

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!

Genres

WarActionThriller

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.

Details

Budget

$0

Revenue

$0

Runtime

119 min

Release Date

1951-12-21

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Vote Count

44

Vote Average

6.7

Cast
Meet the talented actors who bring the movie to life.

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

Harold Benedict

Lt. Pete Gevers

Arno Assmann

Ernst Brandenbacher (uncredited)

Heinrich Berg

(uncredited)

Bert Brandt

German NCO (uncredited)

Jochen Diestelmann

(uncredited)

Ulrich Folkmar

Prisoner (uncredited)

Otto Friebel

Clerk (uncredited)

Gert Fröbe

German Corporal - Nuremberg Control Point (uncredited)

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)

Harald Wolff

Hartmann (uncredited)

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