Commandos Strike at Dawn (1942)
War • Drama • 1ч 38м
A gentle widower with a small daughter finds his peaceful small rural village suddenly invaded by Nazis and, enraged in short order by their atrocities, becomes the leader of an aggressive underground movement.
TMDB rating:
5.5
(24)
Cast
Paul Muni
Eric Toresen
Ann Carter
Solveig Toresen
Richard Derr
Gunnar Korstad
Elisabeth Fraser
Anna Korstad
Cedric Hardwicke
Admiral Bowen
Robert Coote
Robert Bowen
Anna Lee
Judith Bowen
Ray Collins
Johan Bergesen
Erville Alderson
Johan Garme
Louis Jean Heydt
Karl Arnesen
Arthur Margetson
German Colonel
Alexander Knox
German Captain
Barbara Everest
Mrs. Olav
Rosemary DeCamp
Hilma Arnesen
Lillian Gish
Mrs. Bergesen
Rod Cameron
Pastor
George Macready
Schoolteacher
Lloyd Bridges
Young German Soldier (uncredited)
Eddie Hall
German Soldier at the Sound Detector (uncredited)
Ferdinand Munier
Anna's Father
Elsa Janssen
Anna's Mother
John Farrow
British Naval Officer (uncredited)
Gertrude Hoffmann
Elderly Village Woman (uncredited)
Elsa Janssen
Mrs. Korstad (uncredited)
Crew
John Farrow
Director
Irwin Shaw
Screenplay
Lester Cowan
Producer
Louis Gruenberg
Original Music Composer
William C. Mellor
Director of Photography
Anne Bauchens
Editor
Edward C. Jewell
Art Direction
C. S. Forester
Story
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