Decision Before Dawn

Decision Before Dawn 1951

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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.

  • Released: 1951-12-21
  • Runtime: 117 minutes
  • Genre: War, Action, Thriller
  • Stars: Robert Freitag, Walter Ladengast, Gert Fröbe, Adi Lödel, Harald Wolff, Richard Basehart, Walter Janssen, Maria Landrock, Gary Merrill, Bert Brandt, Harold Benedict, Hildegard Knef, Otto Friebel, Paul Schwed, Ulrich Folkmar, Wilfried Seyferth, Gerhard Kittler, Charles Regnier, Helene Thimig, Erik Jelde  Show all >
    Peter Lühr, Hans von Morhart, Dominique Blanchar, Werner Fuetterer, O.E. Hasse, Elfe Gerhart, Peter Martin Urtel, Arno Assmann, Emil Matousek, Til Kiwe, Jochen Diestelmann, Uli Steigberg, Klaus Kinski, Hans Christian Blech, Arnulf Schröder, Rudolf Vogel, Oskar Werner, Loni Heuser, Wolf Petersen, Jaspar von Oertzen, George Tyne, Klaus W. Krause, Kai-Siegfried Seefeld, Maria Wimmer
  • Director: Anatole Litvak