The Hour Before the Dawn Trailer

The Hour Before the Dawn Trailer (1944)

"W. Somerset Maugham's most savage portrait of a dangerous woman!" 10 May 1944 Drama, Romance, War 75 mins

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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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

Nils Asther

as Kurt van der Breughel

Edmund Breon

as Freddy Merritt

David Leland

as Tommy Hetherton

Mary Gordon

as Annie

Raymond Severn

as Jim (as a boy)

Aminta Dyne

as Mrs. Muller

Crew

Hans Dreier

Hans Dreier Art Direction

John F. Seitz

John F. Seitz Director of Photography

Bertram C. Granger

Bertram C. Granger Set Decoration

A. Earl Hedrick

A. Earl Hedrick Art Direction

Miklós Rózsa

Original Music Composer

International Releases Dates

United States 10 May 1944

Production Companies

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