Decision Before Dawn
# A woman's kiss . . . A lighted cigarette - Each had Its meaning! An exciting and realistic story of war . . . of German Prisoners Sent Back Behind Their Own Lines as Agents of the Allies!
📜 Overview:
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.
🌏 Languages Available:
German
,
English
📆 Date Released:
1951-12-21
⌚ Running Time:
119 mins
⭐ Vote Average:
6.7
Beloved Cast
Lt. Dick Rennick
Richard Basehart
Col. Devlin
Gary Merrill
Cpl. Karl Maurer - aka Happy
Oskar Werner
Hilde
Hildegard Knef
Monique
Dominique Blanchar
Col. Oberst von Ecker
O.E. Hasse
Heinz Scholtz, SS-Mann
Wilfried Seyferth
Sgt. Rudolf Barth - aka Tiger
Hans Christian Blech
Fräulein Schneide
Helene Thimig
Sgt. Griffin
George Tyne
Sgt. Paul Richter
Robert Freitag
Lt. Pete Gevers
Harold Benedict
Ernst Brandenbacher (uncredited)
Arno Assmann
(uncredited)
Heinrich Berg
German NCO (uncredited)
Bert Brandt
(uncredited)
Jochen Diestelmann
Prisoner (uncredited)
Ulrich Folkmar
Clerk (uncredited)
Otto Friebel
German Corporal - Nuremberg Control Point (uncredited)
Gert Fröbe
von Bülow (uncredited)
Werner Fuetterer
Barmaid (uncredited)
Elfe Gerhart
Fritzi Kollwitz (uncredited)
Loni Heuser
German NCO (uncredited)
Alexander Kraft-Hohenlohe
Volkssturmmann (uncredited)
Charles Jacquemar
Fiedl (uncredited)
Walter Janssen
German NCO (uncredited)
Erik Jelde
Whining Soldier (uncredited)
Klaus Kinski
German Lieutenant (uncredited)
Gerhard Kittler
Adjutant (uncredited)
Til Kiwe
German NCO (uncredited)
Klaus W. Krause
German Deserter (uncredited)
Walter Ladengast
Wehrmacht Girl (uncredited)
Maria Landrock
(uncredited)
Herbert Lehnert
Kurt (uncredited)
Adi Lödel
von Schirmeck (uncredited)
Peter Lühr
(uncredited)
Emil Matousek
(uncredited)
Wolf Petersen
German Prisoner (uncredited)
Charles Regnier
Old Prisoner of War (uncredited)
Arnulf Schröder
Man on Wehrmacht Bus (uncredited)
Paul Schwed
(uncredited)
Kai-Siegfried Seefeld
(uncredited)
Uli Steigberg
German Soldier (uncredited)
Peter Martin Urtel
Volkssturmmann (uncredited)
Rudolf Vogel
Prisoner of War (uncredited)
Hans von Morhart
Prisoner of War (uncredited)
Jaspar von Oertzen
Woman in the Street (uncredited)
Maria Wimmer
Hartmann (uncredited)
Harald Wolff
