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The Hour Before the Dawn
“W. Somerset Maugham's most savage portrait of a dangerous woman!”
6.4 / 10• 1944• 1h 15m•NR• English
DramaRomanceWar
Storyline
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 & Crew
Veronica Lake
Dora Bruckmann
Lead
Franchot Tone
Jim Hetherton
John Sutton
Roger Hetherton
Binnie Barnes
May Hetherton
Henry Stephenson
Gen. Hetherton
Philip Merivale
Sir Leslie Buchanon
Nils Asther
Kurt van der Breughel
Edmund Breon
Freddy Merritt
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Frank Tuttle's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Hour Before the Dawn is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
