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