The Hour Before the Dawn (1944)
W. Somerset Maugham's most savage portrait of a dangerous woman!
1944 · NR · 1h 15m · Drama, Romance, War
Genres: Drama, Romance, War
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.
Director: Frank Tuttle
Writers: Michael Hogan, W. Somerset Maugham
Music by: Miklós Rózsa
Cinematography: John F. Seitz
Editor: Stuart Gilmore
Cast
Veronica Lake as Dora BruckmannFranchot Tone as Jim HethertonJohn Sutton as Roger HethertonBinnie Barnes as May HethertonHenry Stephenson as Gen. HethertonPhilip Merivale as Sir Leslie BuchanonNils Asther as Kurt van der BreughelEdmund Breon as Freddy MerrittDavid Leland as Tommy HethertonMary Gordon as AnnieRaymond Severn as Jim (as a boy)Aminta Dyne as Mrs. MullerMore like this
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