Decision Before Dawn
Decision Before Dawn
WWII is entering its last phase: Germany is in ruins, but does not yield. The US army lacks crucial knowledge about the German units operating on the opposite side of the Rhine, and decides to send two German prisoners to gather information. The scheme is risky: the Gestapo retains a terribly efficient network to identify and capture spies and deserters. Moreover, it is not clear that "Tiger", who does not mind any dirty work as long as the price is right, and war-weary "Happy", who might be easily betrayed by his feelings, are dependable agents. After Tiger and another American agent are successfully infiltrated, Happy is parachuted in Bavaria. His duty: find out the whereabouts of a powerful German armored unit moving towards the western front.
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Richard Basehart
as Lt. Dick Rennick
Oskar Werner
as Cpl. Karl Maurer - aka Happy
O.E. Hasse
as Col. Oberst von Ecker
Gert Fröbe
as German Corporal - Nuremberg Control Point (uncredited)
Walter Ladengast
as German Deserter (uncredited)
Maria Landrock
as Wehrmacht Girl (uncredited)
Helene Thimig
as Fräulein Schneide
Charles Regnier
as German Prisoner (uncredited)
Harald Wolff
as Hartmann (uncredited)
Gary Merrill
as Col. Devlin
Wilfried Seyferth
as Heinz Scholtz, SS-Mann
Arno Assmann
as Ernst Brandenbacher (uncredited)
Werner Fuetterer
as von Bülow (uncredited)
Elfe Gerhart
as Barmaid (uncredited)
Rudolf Vogel
as Volkssturmmann (uncredited)
Jaspar von Oertzen
as Prisoner of War (uncredited)
Hildegard Knef
as Hilde
Loni Heuser
as Fritzi Kollwitz (uncredited)
Klaus Kinski
as Whining Soldier (uncredited)
Uli Steigberg
as (uncredited)
George Tyne
as Sgt. Griffin
Til Kiwe
as Adjutant (uncredited)
Dominique Blanchar
as Monique
Peter Martin Urtel
as German Soldier (uncredited)
Hans Christian Blech
as Sgt. Rudolf Barth - aka Tiger
Robert Freitag
as Sgt. Paul Richter
Jochen Diestelmann
as (uncredited)
Walter Janssen
as Fiedl (uncredited)
