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Title Decision before dawn / 20th Century Fox ; screen play by Peter Viertel ; director of photography, Frank Planer ; produced by Anatole Litvak and Frank McCarthy ; directed by Anatole Litvak.

Publication Info. Beverly Hills, Calif. : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2006]

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Location Call No. Status
 Granby, F.H. Cossitt Branch - Action/Adventure  ACTION DVD DEC    Check Shelf
Edition Full frame.
Description 1 videodisc (approximately 119 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
System Details DVD; region 1, NTSC; full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital stereo., Dolby Digital mono., dual-layer.
Cast Richard Basehart, Gary Merrill, Oskar Werner, Hildegarde Neff, Dominique Blanchar, O.E. Hasse, Wilfried Seyferth, Hans Christian Blech, Helene Thimig, Robert Freytag, George Tyne.
Credits Music, Franz Waxman ; art direction, Ludwig Reiber ; film editor, Dorothy Spencer ; orchestration, Leonid Raab ; sound, Alfred Bruzlin, Harry M. Leonard.
Note Based on the novel "Call it treason" by George Howe.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1951.
Also issued as part of the Heroes of war collection, frontline combat.
Summary WWII is entering its last phase: Germany is in ruins, but does not yield. The US Army lacks crucial knowledge about the German units operating on the opposite side of the Rhine, and decides to send two German prisoners to gather information.
Note Special features: Fox Movietone news clips; Original theatrical trailer.
Language In English or dubbed Spanish dialogue with optional English or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.
Note GMD: videorecording.
Subject World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Germany -- Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons -- Drama.
United States. Army -- Drama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Guerra Mundial II, 1939-1945 -- CampaƱas -- Alemania -- Teatro.
Guerra Mundial II, 1939-1945 Prisioneros y prisiones -- Teatro.
United States. Army. (OCoLC)fst00533532
World War (1939-1945) (OCoLC)fst01180924
Military campaigns. (OCoLC)fst01710190
Prisoners. (OCoLC)fst01077103
Video recordings for the hearing impaired. (OCoLC)fst01166513
Germany. (OCoLC)fst01210272
Germany -- Drama.
Chronological Term 1939 - 1945
Genre/Form War films.
War films.
Feature films.
War -- Feature.
Drama. (OCoLC)fst01423879
Added Author Viertel, Peter. Screenwriter.
Planer, Franz E., 1894-1963. Cinematographer.
Litvak, Anatole, 1902-1974. Producer. Director.
McCarthy, Frank, 1912-1986. Producer.
Basehart, Richard, 1914-1984. Actor.
Merrill, Gary. Actor.
Werner, Oskar, 1922-1984. Actor.
Knef, Hildegard, 1925-2002. Actor.
Blanchar, Dominique. Actor.
Hasse, Otto Eduard, 1903-1978. Actor.
Seyferth, Wilfried, 1908-1954. Actor.
Blech, Hans Christian, 1925-1993. Actor.
Thimig-Reinhardt, Helene, 1889-1974. Actor.
Freitag, Robert, 1916- Actor.
Tyne, George. Actor.
Waxman, Franz, 1906-1967. Composer.
Spencer, Dorothy, 1909-2002. Film editor.
Raab, Leonid. Composer.
Howe, George Locke. Call it treason.
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.
Added Title Heroes of war collection, frontline combat.
Standard No. 024543238812
024543243397 set
Music No. 2233881 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
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