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Commandos Strike at Dawn
At Last On The Screen! The Mighty Story Of The World-Famous COMMANDOS!
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.
- Original title
- Commandos Strike at Dawn
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
- Budget
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Apr 1, 2023 · via TMDB
There were a few of these wartime dramas designed to bring attention to the atrocities being carried out by the Nazis on the erstwhile peaceful people of Norway. This one finds "Eric" (Paul Muni) flee to Britain where he trains and returns to his homeland determined to wreak revenge on his occupiers and their Quisling allies and to help the British to successfully bomb an airbase being built at altitude that could be used to attack allied territory and shipping. It's all a bit meandering, however. Muni isn't really a very convincing Norwegian nor is Alexander Knox particularly menacing as a captain in the Wehrmacht nor Rod Cameron as the Pastor. Indeed, aside from Sir Cedric Hardwicke as the archetypal British admiral, none of the casting works especially well here - and coupled with some very wordy dialogue, that manages to drag this down a little into melodrama territory. It ends rousingly enough, though, and given it's purpose was largely propagandist - it does what is says on the tin. Watchable, but forgettable fayre.
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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)
George Lynn
German Radio Announcer (uncredited)
Ferdinand Munier
Mr. Korstad (uncredited)
Erik Rolf
German Soldier (uncredited)
Walter Sande
Otto - German Soldier (uncredited)
Philip Van Zandt
Thirsty German Soldier (uncredited)
Crane Whitley
German Soldier Taking Blankets (uncredited)
William C. Mellor
Director of Photography
John Farrow
Director
Anne Bauchens
Editor
Irwin Shaw
Screenplay
C. S. Forester
Story
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