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W. Somerset Maugham's most savage portrait of a dangerous woman! - The Hour Before the Dawn
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Title: The Hour Before the Dawn

Release Date: 10 May 1944

Runtime: 1h 15m

Genre: Drama, Romance, War

Director: Paramount Pictures

Production Companies: Paramount Pictures

Overview: 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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Average Vote: 5 (4 votes)

Cast

  • Dora Bruckmann: Veronica Lake
  • Jim Hetherton: Franchot Tone
  • Roger Hetherton: John Sutton
  • May Hetherton: Binnie Barnes
  • Gen. Hetherton: Henry Stephenson
  • Sir Leslie Buchanon: Philip Merivale
  • Kurt van der Breughel: Nils Asther
  • Freddy Merritt: Edmund Breon
  • Tommy Hetherton: David Leland
  • Annie: Mary Gordon
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