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Commandos Strike at Dawn is a american film of genre Drama directed by John Farrow released in USA on 30 december 1942 with Paul Muni

Commandos Strike at Dawn (1942)

Commandos Strike at Dawn
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Released in USA 30 december 1942
Length 1h38
Directed by ,    
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    War,    Historical
Rating65% 3.2877653.2877653.2877653.2877653.287765

Commandos Strike at Dawn is a 1942 war film directed by John Farrow and written by Irwin Shaw from a story by C.S. Forester, starring Paul Muni, Anna Lee, Lillian Gish, Cedric Hardwicke and Robert Coote.

Synopsis

Erik Toresen (Paul Muni), a widower and peaceful man, is stirred to violence after the Nazis occupy his quiet Norwegian fishing village. German abuses lead Erik to form a Resistance group. He kills the head of the Nazis occupying his village, and then escapes to Britain, and guides some British Commandos to a raid on a secret airstrip the Germans are building on the Norwegian coast.

Actors

Paul Muni

(Eric Toresen)
Anna Lee

(Judith Bowen)
Lillian Gish

(Mrs. Bergesen)
Cedric Hardwicke

(Admiral Bowen)
Robert Coote

(Robert Bowen)
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