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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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- Drama, War
- Anatole Litvak
- 1952-02-25
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.
- Anatole Litvak, Gerd Oswald
- Richard Basehart
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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- Richard Basehart
- Anatole Litvak
- Drama, War, Mystery & Thriller
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 -- to employ German POWs as spies. Led...
A war film directed by Anatole Litvak, starring Richard Basehart, Gary Merrill and Oskar Werner. See the full list of actors, writers, producers and other crew members who worked on this movie.
A war thriller about two German prisoners sent behind enemy lines as spies by the US army. Watch the trailer, read the overview and see the cast and crew of this classic film directed by Anatole Litvak.
