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The Hour Before the Dawn

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The Hour Before the Dawn

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

5.5

1h 15m

1944

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

Synopsis

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

Trailer

DramaRomanceWar

world war iinazi spyaustrian

Cast & Crew

Veronica Lake

Veronica Lake

as Dora Bruckmann

Franchot Tone

Franchot Tone

as Jim Hetherton

John Sutton

John Sutton

as Roger Hetherton

Binnie Barnes

Binnie Barnes

as May Hetherton

Henry Stephenson

Henry Stephenson

as Gen. Hetherton

Philip Merivale

Philip Merivale

as Sir Leslie Buchanon

Nils Asther

Nils Asther

as Kurt van der Breughel

Edmund Breon

Edmund Breon

as Freddy Merritt

David Leland

David Leland

as Tommy Hetherton

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