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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.
A US army officer recruits two German prisoners to infiltrate Nazi Germany and gather intelligence. The film, based on a novel, features Oskar Werner, Richard Basehart and Gary Merrill as the spies, and was nominated for two Oscars.
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- Drama, War
- Anatole Litvak
- 1952-02-25
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 ...
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- Richard Basehart
- Anatole Litvak
- Drama, War, Mystery & Thriller
Two German prisoners are sent by the US army to gather information about the German units across the Rhine. They face the danger of being captured by the Gestapo or betraying their own country.
- Anatole Litvak, Gerd Oswald
- Richard Basehart
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.
YouTube Movies & TV. 181M subscribers. Subscribed. 268. Richard Basehart and Gary Merrill star in this stirring 1951 Best Picture Oscar® Nominee. As the Third Reich declines, the Allies develop a...
WWII is entering its last phase: Germany is in ruins but does not yield. 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.
