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The Hour Before the Dawn

"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.

Top Cast

  • Veronica Lake

    Veronica Lake

    Dora Bruckmann

  • Franchot Tone

    Franchot Tone

    Jim Hetherton

  • John Sutton

    John Sutton

    Roger Hetherton

  • Binnie Barnes

    Binnie Barnes

    May Hetherton

  • Henry Stephenson

    Henry Stephenson

    Gen. Hetherton

  • Philip Merivale

    Philip Merivale

    Sir Leslie Buchanon

  • Nils Asther

    Nils Asther

    Kurt van der Breughel

  • Edmund Breon

    Edmund Breon

    Freddy Merritt

  • David Leland

    David Leland

    Tommy Hetherton

Overview

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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