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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Robert Freitag
as Sgt. Paul Richter
Arno Assmann
as Ernst Brandenbacher (uncredited)
Jochen Diestelmann
as (uncredited)
Klaus Kinski
as Whining Soldier (uncredited)
Charles Regnier
as German Prisoner (uncredited)
Harald Wolff
as Hartmann (uncredited)
Gary Merrill
as Col. Devlin
Hildegard Knef
as Hilde
Dominique Blanchar
as Monique
Loni Heuser
as Fritzi Kollwitz (uncredited)
Walter Janssen
as Fiedl (uncredited)
Richard Basehart
as Lt. Dick Rennick
Gert Fröbe
as German Corporal - Nuremberg Control Point (uncredited)
Elfe Gerhart
as Barmaid (uncredited)
Maria Landrock
as Wehrmacht Girl (uncredited)
Wilfried Seyferth
as Heinz Scholtz, SS-Mann
Hans Christian Blech
as Sgt. Rudolf Barth - aka Tiger
Walter Ladengast
as German Deserter (uncredited)
Rudolf Vogel
as Volkssturmmann (uncredited)
Jaspar von Oertzen
as Prisoner of War (uncredited)
Oskar Werner
as Cpl. Karl Maurer - aka Happy
George Tyne
as Sgt. Griffin
Werner Fuetterer
as von Bülow (uncredited)
Uli Steigberg
as (uncredited)
O.E. Hasse
as Col. Oberst von Ecker
Helene Thimig
as Fräulein Schneide
Til Kiwe
as Adjutant (uncredited)
Peter Martin Urtel
as German Soldier (uncredited)
