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.
Released: 1951
Casts:
Gary Merrill, Oskar Werner, Robert Freitag, Wilfried Seyferth, Otto Friebel, Jochen Diestelmann, Werner Fuetterer, Ulrich Folkmar, Til Kiwe, Klaus Kinski, Charles Jacquemar, Klaus W. Krause, Charles Regnier, Herbert Lehnert, Uli Steigberg, Helene Thimig, Adi Lödel, Bert Brandt, Elfe Gerhart, Hildegard Knef, Emil Matousek, O.E. Hasse, Gert Fröbe, George Tyne, Loni Heuser, Erik Jelde, Maria Landrock, Dominique Blanchar, Wolf Petersen, Kai-Siegfried Seefeld, Paul Schwed, Jaspar von Oertzen, Hans Christian Blech, Maria Wimmer, Harold Benedict, Arno Assmann, Harald Wolff, Arnulf Schröder, Walter Ladengast, Walter Janssen, Richard Basehart, Heinrich Berg, Alexander Kraft-Hohenlohe, Hans von Morhart, Gerhard Kittler, Peter Lühr, Peter Martin Urtel, Rudolf Vogel