Watch The Hour Before the Dawn (1944) Official Trailer
W. Somerset Maugham's most savage portrait of a dangerous woman!
6.4 / 10 IMDb May 10, 1944 1h 15m
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.
Director
Runtime
1h 15m
Release Date
May 10, 1944
Genre
Drama, Romance, War
Status
Released
Languages
English
Country
United States of America
Cast
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
Raymond Severn
as Jim (as a boy)
Aminta Dyne
as Mrs. Muller
Production Companies
Paramount PicturesThe Hour Before the Dawn Official Trailer 1944
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