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W. Somerset Maugham's most savage portrait of a dangerous woman!

The Hour Before the Dawn

6.4 / 10 6.4 1944 1h 15mNR

DramaRomanceWar

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.

Directed by Frank Tuttle

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CAST

The people behind the story

Veronica Lake

Veronica LakeDora Bruckmann

Franchot Tone

Franchot ToneJim Hetherton

John Sutton

John SuttonRoger Hetherton

Binnie Barnes

Binnie BarnesMay Hetherton

Henry Stephenson

Henry StephensonGen. Hetherton

Philip Merivale

Philip MerivaleSir Leslie Buchanon

Nils Asther

Nils AstherKurt van der Breughel

Edmund Breon

Edmund BreonFreddy Merritt