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The Hour Before the Dawn(1944)

W. Somerset Maugham's most savage portrait of a dangerous woman!

6.4(8)1h 15m1944-05-10

DramaRomanceWar

Overview

A beautiful Austrian refugee in England--who is also a Nazi agent--marries a scholarly English pacifist. He lives near a secret military base she needs to get information about so she can help in Hitler's planned invasion of England.

Director:: Frank Tuttle
Writers:: Michael Hogan, W. Somerset Maugham
Cinematographer:: John F. Seitz
Composer:: Miklós Rózsa
Production:: Paramount Pictures
Status:: Released

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Cast

Veronica Lake

Veronica Lake

Dora Bruckmann

Franchot Tone

Franchot Tone

Jim Hetherton

John Sutton

John Sutton

Roger Hetherton

Binnie Barnes

Binnie Barnes

May Hetherton

Henry Stephenson

Henry Stephenson

Gen. Hetherton

Philip Merivale

Philip Merivale

Sir Leslie Buchanon

Nils Asther

Nils Asther

Kurt van der Breughel

Edmund Breon

Edmund Breon

Freddy Merritt

David Leland

David Leland

Tommy Hetherton

Mary Gordon

Mary Gordon

Annie

Raymond Severn

Raymond Severn

Jim (as a boy)

Aminta Dyne

Aminta Dyne

Mrs. Muller