The Hour before the Dawn (1944)

Film details

Featuring

Franchot Tone Veronica Lake John Sutton
Director

Frank Tuttle
Country

USA
Year

1944
Genre

Drama
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Synopsis

A conscientious objector marries a refugee girl, but finds her setting fire to a haystack to guide enemy aircraft and is forced to kill her. From the novel by Somerset Maugham.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Jim Hetherton
    
    Franchot Tone
  - Dora Bruckmann
    
    Veronica Lake
  - Roger Hetherton
    
    John Sutton
  - May Hetherton
    
    Binnie Barnes
  - General Hetherton
    
    Henry Stephenson
  - Sir Leslie Buchnannan
    
    Philip Merivale
  - Kurt van der Breughel
    
    Nils Asther
  - Freddy Merritt
    
    Edmond Breon
  - Tommy Hetherton
    
    David Leland
Credits
- Direction:
  - Director
    
    Frank Tuttle
  Production:
  - Production Company
    
    Paramount Pictures
  - Associate Producer
    
    William Dozier
  Writing:
  - Screenplay
    
    Michael Hogan
  - Adaptation
    
    Lesser Samuels
  - Based on the novel by
    
    W. Somerset Maugham