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Decision Before Dawn is a 1951 American war film directed by Anatole Litvak, starring Richard Basehart, Oskar Werner, and Hans Christian Blech. It tells the story of the U.S. Army using potentially unreliable German prisoners of war to gather intelligence as clandestine "line-crossers" in the closing days of World War II.
Decision Before Dawn: Directed by Anatole Litvak. With Richard Basehart, Gary Merrill, Oskar Werner, Hildegard Knef. As the US Army approaches Nazi Germany, they recruit German prisoners of war to spy behind German lines.
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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.
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Decision Before Dawn is a complex spy story sourced from a Christopher Award-Winning novel by George Howe that questions the meaning of the term Traitor. Although barely remembered today, the exciting and lavishly produced movie was a nominee for Best Picture of 1951.
The US army lacks crucial knowledge about the German units operating on the opposite side of the Rhine, and decides to send two German prisoners to gather information. The scheme is risky: the Gestapo retains a terribly efficient network to identify and capture spies and deserters.
Fox. Richard Basehart and Gary Merrill star in this stirring 1951 Best Picture Oscar® Nominee. As the Third Reich declines, the Allies develop a radical new plan ...
