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Decision Before Dawn

6.819511h 59mNRMovieWarActionThriller

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…

DirectorAnatole Litvak
WriterPeter Viertel
ProducersAnatole Litvak·Frank McCarthy

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Cast · Directed by Anatole Litvak

RBRichard Basehart
Richard Basehart
Lt. Dick Rennick
GMGary Merrill
Gary Merrill
Col. Devlin
OWOskar Werner
Oskar Werner
Cpl. Karl Maurer - aka Happy
HKHildegard Knef
Hildegard Knef
Hilde
DBDominique Blanchar
Dominique Blanchar
Monique
OHO.E. Hasse
O.E. Hasse
Col. Oberst von Ecker
WSWilfried Seyferth
Wilfried Seyferth
Heinz Scholtz, SS-Mann
HBHans Christian Blech
Hans Christian Blech
Sgt. Rudolf Barth - aka Tiger
HTHelene Thimig
Helene Thimig
Fräulein Schneide
GTGeorge Tyne
George Tyne
Sgt. Griffin
RFRobert Freitag
Robert Freitag
Sgt. Paul Richter
HB
Harold Benedict
Lt. Pete Gevers

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