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United States. Language. English. Box office. $1.5 million (US rentals) [1] Commandos Strike at Dawn is a 1942 war film directed by John Farrow and written by Irwin Shaw from a short story entitled "The Commandos" by C. S. Forester that appeared in Cosmopolitan magazine in June 1942.
Commandos Strike at Dawn: Directed by John Farrow. With Paul Muni, Anna Lee, Lillian Gish, Cedric Hardwicke. A gentle widower, enraged at German atrocities against his peaceful Norwegian fishing village, escapes to Britain and returns leading a commando force against the oppressors.
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- Drama, History, War
- John Farrow
- 1942-12-30
Commandos Strike at Dawn (1942) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Commandos Strike at Dawn was based on a short story by C.S. Forester (Captain Horatio Hornblower) that appeared in Cosmopolitan magazine, with a screenplay by Irwin Shaw (The Young Lions). Muni plays a gentle widower who revolts against Nazi atrocities in his Norwegian fishing village.
- John Farrow
- Paul Muni
Summaries. A gentle widower, enraged at Nazi atrocities against his peaceful Norwegian fishing village, escapes to Britain and returns leading a commando force against the oppressors. Erik Toresen, widower and fishery observer, leads a quiet life in a small Norwegian town; but after the Nazi occupation, German abuses lead Erik to form a ...
Erik Toresen (Paul Muni) is a mild-mannered widower who lives in a tranquil village on the coast of Norway. When Nazis occupy the area, however, the peaceful existence of Toresen and his neighbors...
- War
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Unrated. YouTube Movies & TV. 180M subscribers. Subscribed. 42. Dynamic performances by Paul Muni and Anna Lee highlight this action drama set in WWII Norway. Muni is a Norwegian fisherman whose...
