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The Hour Before the Dawn is a american film of genre Drama directed by Frank Tuttle released in USA on 10 may 1944 with Veronica Lake

The Hour Before the Dawn (1944)

The Hour Before the Dawn
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Released in USA 10 may 1944
Length 1h15
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    War,    Romance
Rating56% 2.8106452.8106452.8106452.8106452.810645

The Hour Before the Dawn is a 1944 drama film directed by Frank Tuttle and starring Veronica Lake and Franchot Tone. It was based on the novel by W. Somerset Maugham.

Synopsis

The year is 1923 in England and General Hetherton is instructing his grandson Jim to shoot with a rifle. Unfortunately Jim's dog runs in the way and Jim accidentally shoots and kills him. The incident affects Jim deeply and he becomes a pacifist.

Actors

Veronica Lake

(Dora Bruckmann)Franchot Tone

(Jim Hetherton)John Sutton

(Roger Hetherton)Binnie Barnes

(May Hetherton)Henry Stephenson

(Gen. Hetherton)
And :
Philip Merivale
Nils Asther
Edmund Breon
David Leland
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