The Hour Before the Dawn

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

6.419441h 15m

Released

Drama

Romance

War

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.

StatusReleased

Release Date1944-05-10

Runtime1h 15m

LanguagesEnglish

CountriesUnited States of America

Keywords

world war ii

nazi spy

austrian

Videos

1 total

Trailer

The Hour Before the Dawn (1944) Original Trailer [HD]

Cast & Crew

Veronica Lake

as Dora Bruckmann

Franchot Tone

as Jim Hetherton

John Sutton

as Roger Hetherton

Binnie Barnes

as May Hetherton

Henry Stephenson

as Gen. Hetherton

Philip Merivale

as Sir Leslie Buchanon

Nils Asther

as Kurt van der Breughel

Edmund Breon

as Freddy Merritt

David Leland

as Tommy Hetherton

Mary Gordon

as Annie

6.9

Dishonored

1931 · Drama

6.7

The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel

1951 · Action

6.2

Mata Hari

1931 · Crime

7.3

The Magic of Ordinary Days

2005 · Drama

7.7

Notorious

1946 · Romance

6.7

All Quiet on the Western Front

1979 · War

6.5

Hell's Angels

1930 · Drama

7.6

Doctor Zhivago

1965 · Drama

6.2

Mayerling

1968 · Drama

6.3

The Sea Chase

1955 · War

6.7

Battleground

1949 · Action

6.3

Waiting for Anya

2020 · Drama

The Hour Before the Dawn

Overview

Videos