Movie: The Hour Before the Dawn

Top 10 Billed Cast

Veronica Lake
Veronica Lake

Dora Bruckmann

Franchot Tone
Franchot Tone

Jim Hetherton

John Sutton
John Sutton

Roger Hetherton

Binnie Barnes
Binnie Barnes

May Hetherton

Henry Stephenson
Henry Stephenson

Gen. Hetherton

Philip Merivale
Philip Merivale

Sir Leslie Buchanon

Nils Asther
Nils Asther

Kurt van der Breughel

Edmund Breon
Edmund Breon

Freddy Merritt

David Leland
David Leland

Tommy Hetherton

Mary Gordon
Mary Gordon

Annie

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  • 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.

  • Release Date

    1944-05-10

  • Average

    5

  • Rating:

    2.5 starts
  • Tagline

    W. Somerset Maugham's most savage portrait of a dangerous woman!

  • Genres

  • Languages:

    English
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