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The Hour Before the Dawn
W. Somerset Maugham's most savage portrait of a dangerous woman!
6.4(9)19441h 15m
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
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Cast

Veronica Lake
Dora Bruckmann

Franchot Tone
Jim Hetherton

John Sutton
Roger Hetherton

Binnie Barnes
May Hetherton

Henry Stephenson
Gen. Hetherton

Philip Merivale
Sir Leslie Buchanon

Nils Asther
Kurt van der Breughel

Edmund Breon
Freddy Merritt

David Leland
Tommy Hetherton

Mary Gordon
Annie

Raymond Severn
Jim (as a boy)

Aminta Dyne
Mrs. Muller
Crew
Directing
- Frank TuttleDirector
Writing
- Michael HoganWriter
- W. Somerset MaughamNovel
Camera
- John F. SeitzDirector of Photography
Editing
- Stuart GilmoreEditor
Sound
- Miklós RózsaOriginal Music Composer
Art
- Hans DreierArt Direction
- Bertram C. GrangerSet Decoration
- A. Earl HedrickArt Direction