The Hour Before the Dawn (1944)

  • NR
  • 05/10/1944 (US)
  • Drama, Romance, War
  • 1h 15m

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

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.

Frank Tuttle

Director

Michael Hogan

Writer

W. Somerset Maugham

Novel

Cast

Veronica Lake's headshot

Veronica Lake

Dora Bruckmann
Franchot Tone's headshot

Franchot Tone

Jim Hetherton
John Sutton's headshot

John Sutton

Roger Hetherton
Binnie Barnes's headshot

Binnie Barnes

May Hetherton
Henry Stephenson's headshot

Henry Stephenson

Gen. Hetherton
Philip Merivale's headshot

Philip Merivale

Sir Leslie Buchanon
Nils Asther's headshot

Nils Asther

Kurt van der Breughel
Edmund Breon's headshot

Edmund Breon

Freddy Merritt

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