Drama ·Romance ·War · United States of America · 1944 · 1h 15m

The Hour Before the Dawn

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Director
Frank Tuttle
Cast
Veronica Lake as Dora Bruckmann Franchot Tone as Jim Hetherton John Sutton as Roger Hetherton Binnie Barnes as May Hetherton Henry Stephenson as Gen. Hetherton Philip Merivale as Sir Leslie Buchanon
Crew
John F. Seitz — Director of Photography Stuart Gilmore — Editor Miklós Rózsa — Original Music Composer Michael Hogan — Writer W. Somerset Maugham — Novel
Tagline

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.

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Mood & Themes
world war iinazi spyaustrian
Key Collaborators
Frank Tuttle Director John F. Seitz Director of Photography Stuart Gilmore Editor Miklós Rózsa Original Music Composer Michael Hogan Writer W. Somerset Maugham Novel
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