The Hour Before the Dawn(1944)

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

55

1h 15m

  • 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.

Cast

  • Veronica Lake

    Veronica Lake

    Dora Bruckmann

  • Franchot Tone

    Franchot Tone

    Jim Hetherton

  • John Sutton

    John Sutton

    Roger Hetherton

  • Binnie Barnes

    Binnie Barnes

    May Hetherton

  • Henry Stephenson

    Henry Stephenson

    Gen. Hetherton

  • Philip Merivale

    Philip Merivale

    Sir Leslie Buchanon

  • Nils Asther

    Nils Asther

    Kurt van der Breughel

  • Edmund Breon

    Edmund Breon

    Freddy Merritt

  • David Leland

    David Leland

    Tommy Hetherton

  • Mary Gordon

    Mary Gordon

    Annie

  • Raymond Severn

    Raymond Severn

    Jim (as a boy)

  • Aminta Dyne

    Aminta Dyne

    Mrs. Muller

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    Status

    Released (May 10, 1944)

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