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The Hour Before the Dawn
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The Hour Before the Dawn 1944 Directed by Frank Tuttle

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

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.

Country USA
Production Country USA
Language English
Spoken Language English
Gneres Drama , Romance , War
Production Company Paramount Pictures
Release Date 10 May 1944
75 mins
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
Crew
Director
Frank Tuttle
Frank Tuttle
Writer
Michael Hogan
Michael Hogan
Cinematography
John F. Seitz
John F. Seitz
Composer
Miklós Rózsa
Miklós Rózsa
Editor
Stuart Gilmore
Stuart Gilmore
Original Writer
W. Somerset Maugham
W. Somerset Maugham
Art Direction
Hans Dreier
Hans Dreier
A. Earl Hedrick
A. Earl Hedrick
Set Decoration
Bertram C. Granger
Bertram C. Granger