The Hour Before the Dawn
5.7
“W. Somerset Maugham's most savage portrait of a dangerous woman!”
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.
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Veronica Lake
Dora Bruckmann
Known for
Sullivan's Travels
I Married a Witch
Franchot Tone
Jim Hetherton
Known for
Five Graves to Cairo
Mutiny on the Bounty
John Sutton
Roger Hetherton
Known for
Return of the Fly
The Invisible Man Returns
Binnie Barnes
May Hetherton
Known for
Holiday
The Trouble with Angels
Henry Stephenson
Gen. Hetherton
Known for
Oliver Twist
Mutiny on the Bounty
Philip Merivale
Sir Leslie Buchanon
Known for
The Stranger
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Nils Asther
Kurt van der Breughel
Known for
The Bitter Tea of General Yen
Bluebeard
Edmund Breon
Freddy Merritt
Known for
The Woman in the Window
Gaslight
David Leland
Tommy Hetherton
Also in
Nothing But Trouble
BBC Play of the Month
Mary Gordon
Annie
Known for
Bride of Frankenstein
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
Raymond Severn
Jim (as a boy)
Known for
The Suspect
Aminta Dyne
Mrs. Muller
Also in
Kiss the Blood Off My Hands
Molly and Me
Frank Tuttle Director · Michael Hogan Writer W. Somerset Maugham Author
United States release May 10, 1944 · Produced in United States
Production
Paramount Pictures
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United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · May 10, 1944
Theatrical
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