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      Decision Before Dawn

      1951, Drama/War, 1h 59m

      6 Reviews 250+ Ratings

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      Movie Info

      During World War II, an American intelligence unit led by Col. Devlin (Gary Merrill) is recruiting German prisoners of war to infiltrate enemy lines and gather vital information. Lt. Rennick (Richard Basehart) heads a unit of Germans that includes the mistrustful "Tiger" (Hans Christian Blech) and the wide-eyed "Happy" (Oskar Werner). When word arrives that a German general is about to negotiate the surrender of his corps, Devlin sends Rennick and his volunteers on a dangerous mission.

      • Genre: Drama, War, Mystery & thriller

      • Original Language: English

      • Director: Anatole Litvak

      • Producer: Anatole Litvak, Frank McCarthy

      • Release Date (Theaters):  original

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      • Distributor: 20th Century Fox

      • Production Co: Twentieth Century Fox, Bavaria Film

      Cast & Crew

      Richard Basehart
      Gary Merrill
      Oskar Werner
      O.E. Hasse
      Hans Christian Blech
      Helene Thimig
      Robert Freitag
      George Tyne

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      • Jul 25, 2013

        I would thought that the appetite for these types of films would have waned once the war ended but here we have another mainly propaganda type film that is mildly entertaining if not deep. Perhaps this was to rally the troops to get ready for Korea.

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      • Feb 05, 2009

        WWII drama about a group of German P.O.W.'s who were persuaded to spy for the allied war effort. Part docu-drama, part Hollywood propaganda. Entertaining but less than substantial.

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      • Jul 05, 2008

        A World War 2 spy movie that was nominated for Best Picture and forgotten immediately thereafter, and for mostly good reasons. In the name of full disclosure I'll admit that I was mostly distracted by other things when I was watching this. Similar to Rio Grande, I found that this had a very long build up and by the time they got to their actual mission I had sort of lost interest and started screwing around on my laptop while watching it.

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