Decision Before Dawn (1951)
1h 59m
Running Time
December 21, 1951Release Date
Decision Before Dawn (1951)
1h 59m
Running Time
December 21, 1951Release Date
Network & Production Companies


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-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)
Media.



Details.
Release DateDecember 21, 1951
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 59m
Content RatingNR
Filming LocationsNuremberg, Germany
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
spy
world war ii
prisoner of war
waffen ss
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 L. Howe. The film was a critical success and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.
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