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The Commandos Strike at Dawn
John Farrow
(1942)
99min
PG Certificate
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Review
Our Score
by
Adrian Turner
Paul Muni - Hollywood's resident impersonator of Great Men of Our Time - plays a Norwegian fisherman fighting Nazi tyranny alongside a team of British commandos. When his daughter is held hostage by the Nazis he escapes to England and leads a sabotage mission to Norway. Based on a yarn by
Hornblower
writer CS Forester and adapted by Irwin Shaw, author of
The Young Lions
, it's a bit plodding for a flag-waver, getting bogged down with romance supplied by Anna Lee, but boasts an interesting cast, including silent screen legend Lillian Gish who hadn't made a film since 1933.
Summary
A Norwegian fisherman is appalled by the atrocities of the Nazi occupation and forms a resistance force. When he learns the location of a secret German airbase, he decides to escape the country for Britain to pass on what he has learned and return with Allied soldiers to drive out the invaders. Second World War drama, starring Paul Muni, Anna Lee and Lillian Gish.
Cast & Crew
Eric Toresen
Paul Muni
Judith Bowen
Anna Lee
Mrs Bergesen
Lillian Gish
Admiral Bowen
Cedric Hardwicke
Johan Bergesen
Ray Collins
Robert Bowen
Robert Coote
Hilma Arnesen
Rosemary DeCamp
Anna Korstad
Elisabeth Fraser
Director
John Farrow
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Other Information
Language:
English
Black and white
Theatrical distributor:
Columbia Picture Corp. Ltd
Drama
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