Commandos Strike at Dawn (1942)

5.5/10 98 min War Drama

Overview

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.

Cast

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

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