Decision Before Dawn

Cast & Crew

Cast & Crew

Directed by

Anatole Litvak

Writing Credits

Peter Viertel
(screenplay)
George Howe
(novel)
Jack Rollens
(uncredited)
Carl Zuckmayer
(dialogue) (uncredited)

Cast

Richard Basehart
Lt. Dick Rennick
Gary Merrill
Col. Devlin
Oskar Werner
Cpl. Karl Maurer - aka Happy
Hildegard Knef
Hilde
Dominique Blanchar
Monique
O.E. Hasse
Col. Oberst von Ecker
Wilfried Seyferth
Heinz Scholtz - SS Man
Hans Christian Blech
Sgt. Rudolf Barth - aka Tiger
Helene Thimig
Fräulein Paula Schneider
Robert Freitag
Sgt. Paul Richter
George Tyne
Sgt. Griffin
C.A. Amos
Self
Harold Benedict
Lt. Pete Gevers
H.W. Briggs
Self
D.G. Devine
Lt. Rennick's Driver
L.E. Dixon
Self
B.L. Hendrickson
Self
D. Kogel
Self
S.I. Rice
Self
F. Slaman
Self
J.E. Stratton
Self
Eva Marie Andres
Flak Girl
Arno Assmann
Ernst Brandenbacher
Almut Bachmann
Streetcar Conductor
Kemp Batchelor
Martin
Harald Benesch
Minor Role
Heinrich Berg
Bit Part
Ulla Best
Wehrmacht Girl
Bert Brandt
German NCO
Heinz Bruening
Piano Player
Don Devine
GI Driver
Jochen Diestelmann
Bit Part
Erich Ebert
Freddy
Geza Esterhazy
Minor Role
Ulrich Folkmar
Prisoner
Otto Friebel
Clerk
Gert Fröbe
German Corporal - Nuremberg Control Point
Werner Fuetterer
von Bülow
Rainer Geldern
Panzer NCO
Elfe Gerhart
Barmaid
Auguste Hansen-Kleinmichel
Newspaper Woman
Rudolf Heimann
Leschke - Truck Driver
Max Herbst
German NCO
Loni Heuser
Fritzi Kollwitz
Anselm Heyer
Minor Role
Alex Hohenlohe
German NCO
Werner J.A. Holzhey
Minor Role
Eva Maria Hoppe
Wehrmacht Girl
Ernst Höchstätter
Office Receptionist
Charles Jacquemar
Volkssturmmann
Walter Janssen
Fiedl
Erik Jelde
German NCO
Katja Jobs
Wehrmacht Girl
Klaus Kinski
Whining Soldier
Liselotte Kirschbaum
Flak Girl
Gerhard Kittler
German Lieutenant
Til Kiwe
Adjutant
Nils Klott
Minor Role
Sonja Kosta
Wehrmacht Girl
Klaus W. Krause
German NCO
Wolfgang Kuhnemann
Clerk in Schleissheim
Luitpold Kummer
Bit Part
Walter Ladengast
German Deserter
Maria Landrock
Wehrmacht Girl
Herbert Lehnert
Minor Role
Reinhard Lentz
Minor Role
Egon Lippert
German Lieutenant
Peter Lombard
Minor Role
Ingeborg Luther
Woman
Adi Lödel
Kurt
Peter Lühr
von Schirmeck
Kurt Marquardt
Prisoner
Emil Matousek
Minor Role
Elisabeth Millberg
Wehrmacht Girl
Johannes Mühlstedt
Minor Role
Reinhardt Neudörffer
Minor Role
Willy Niklaus
Minor Role
Wolf Petersen
Minor Role
Charles Regnier
German Prisoner
Ralph Romberg
Minor Role
Roland Rösler
Minor Role
Jürgen Scheller
Minor Role
Von Schmiedel
Minor Role
Arnulf Schröder
Old Prisoner of War
Paul Schwed
Man on Wehrmacht Bus
Kai-Siegfried Seefeld
Minor Role
Fritz Sellwig
Minor Role
Henriette Speidel
Woman
Uli Steigberg
Minor Role
Gerhard Steinberg
Sgt. Klinger
Liselotte Steinweg
Wehrmacht Girl
Peter Struwel-Bruck
Volkssturmmann
Ruth Trumpp
Woman Attendant
Bert Ude
Minor Role
Peter Martin Urtel
German Soldier
Rudolf Vogel
Volkssturmmann
Ulrich Volkmar
Prisoner of War
Cornel von Gossow
Minor Role
Hans von Morhart
Prisoner of War
Jaspar von Oertzen
Prisoner of War
Harald von Troschke-Tronye
Minor Role
Ursula Voss
Streetcar Conductor
Meta Weber
Woman
Clemens Wilmenrod
German NCO
Dieter Wilsing
Bit Part
Maria Wimmer
Woman in the Street
Harald Wolff
Hartmann

Produced by

Anatole Litvak
producer
Frank McCarthy
producer

Music by

Franz Waxman

Cinematography by

Franz Planer
director of photography (as Frank Planer)

Editing by

Dorothy Spencer

Production Design by

Noël Howard
(uncredited)

Art Direction by

Ludwig Reiber

Production Management

Gene Bryant
location production manager (uncredited)
Walter Fabry
assistant unit manager (uncredited)
John Pommer
assistant production manager (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Gerd Oswald
second unit director / assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

Hans Otto Wendt
poster artist : West Germany (uncredited)

Sound Department

Alfred Bruzlin
sound
Harry M. Leonard
sound

Stunts

Hans W. Hendel
stunt double: Oskar Werner (uncredited)

Music Department

Leonid Raab
orchestrator

Additional Crew

Robert Eby
technical advisor (as Major Robert Eby U.S.A.F.)
Werner T. Michau
technical advisor (as Captain Werner T. Michau U.S.A.)
O.E. Hasse
voice dubbing: O.E. Hasse (german version) (uncredited)
Curd Jürgens
voice dubbing: Richard Basehart (german version) (uncredited)
Gene Reynolds
dialogue coach (uncredited)
Ruth Roberts
dialogue coach (uncredited)
George Tyne
dialogue coach (uncredited)
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