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Decision Before Dawn
1951, Dec 21
1h 59m
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.
Directed by
Anatole Litvak
Richard Basehart
Lt. Dick Rennick
Gert Fröbe
German Corporal - Nuremberg Control Point (uncredited)
Helene Thimig
Fräulein Schneide
Klaus Kinski
Whining Soldier (uncredited)
Gary Merrill
Col. Devlin
Hildegard Knef
Hilde
Hans Christian Blech
Sgt. Rudolf Barth - aka Tiger
Harald Wolff
Hartmann (uncredited)
Werner Fuetterer
von Bülow (uncredited)
Oskar Werner
Cpl. Karl Maurer - aka Happy
Charles Regnier
German Prisoner (uncredited)
Til Kiwe
Adjutant (uncredited)
Walter Ladengast
German Deserter (uncredited)
Walter Janssen
Fiedl (uncredited)
Rudolf Vogel
Volkssturmmann (uncredited)
Dominique Blanchar
Monique
O.E. Hasse
Col. Oberst von Ecker
Robert Freitag
Sgt. Paul Richter
Wilfried Seyferth
Heinz Scholtz, SS-Mann
Loni Heuser
Fritzi Kollwitz (uncredited)
Jaspar von Oertzen
Prisoner of War (uncredited)
Maria Landrock
Wehrmacht Girl (uncredited)
Arno Assmann
Ernst Brandenbacher (uncredited)
Peter Martin Urtel
German Soldier (uncredited)
Elfe Gerhart
Barmaid (uncredited)
Jochen Diestelmann
(uncredited)
Uli Steigberg
(uncredited)
Harold Benedict
Lt. Pete Gevers
Heinrich Berg
(uncredited)
Bert Brandt
German NCO (uncredited)
Ulrich Folkmar
Prisoner (uncredited)
Otto Friebel
Clerk (uncredited)
Alexander Kraft-Hohenlohe
German NCO (uncredited)
Charles Jacquemar
Volkssturmmann (uncredited)
Erik Jelde
German NCO (uncredited)
Gerhard Kittler
German Lieutenant (uncredited)
Klaus W. Krause
German NCO (uncredited)
Herbert Lehnert
(uncredited)
Adi Lödel
Kurt (uncredited)
Peter Lühr
von Schirmeck (uncredited)
Emil Matousek
(uncredited)
Wolf Petersen
(uncredited)
Arnulf Schröder
Old Prisoner of War (uncredited)
Paul Schwed
Man on Wehrmacht Bus (uncredited)
Kai-Siegfried Seefeld
(uncredited)
Hans von Morhart
Prisoner of War (uncredited)
Maria Wimmer
Woman in the Street (uncredited)
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