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Commandos Strike at Dawn

Commandos Strike at Dawn1942

★5.598 minWarDrama

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.

Director

Writer

Irwin Shaw C. S. Forester

Score

Louis Gruenberg

Stars

Paul Muni Ann Carter Richard Derr

Cast28

Paul Muni
as Eric Toresen
Ann Carter
as Solveig Toresen
Richard Derr
as Gunnar Korstad
Elisabeth Fraser
as Anna Korstad
Cedric Hardwicke
as Admiral Bowen
Robert Coote
as Robert Bowen
Anna Lee
as Judith Bowen
Ray Collins
as Johan Bergesen
Erville Alderson
as Johan Garme
Louis Jean Heydt
as Karl Arnesen
Arthur Margetson
as German Colonel
Alexander Knox
as German Captain
Barbara Everest
as Mrs. Olav
Rosemary DeCamp
as Hilma Arnesen
Lillian Gish
as Mrs. Bergesen
Rod Cameron
as Pastor
George Macready
as Schoolteacher
Lloyd Bridges
as Young German Soldier (uncredited)
Eddie Hall
as German Soldier at the Sound Detector (uncredited)
Ferdinand Munier
as Anna's Father / Mr. Korstad (uncredited)
Elsa Janssen
as Anna's Mother / Mrs. Korstad (uncredited)
John Farrow
as British Naval Officer (uncredited)
Gertrude Hoffmann
as Elderly Village Woman (uncredited)
George Lynn
as German Radio Announcer (uncredited)
Erik Rolf
as German Soldier (uncredited)
Walter Sande
as Otto - German Soldier (uncredited)
Philip Van Zandt
as Thirsty German Soldier (uncredited)
Crane Whitley
as German Soldier Taking Blankets (uncredited)

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