Commandos Strike at Dawn (1943)
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Scripted by Irwin Shaw from a story by C. S. Forester (of "Captain Horatio Hornblower" fame), Commandos Strike at Dawn is a wartime morale-booster, largely set in coastal Norway. Paul Muni stars as Eric Toresen, an apolitical and basically pacifistic Norwegian fisherman who is galvanized… More Scripted by Irwin Shaw from a story by C. S. Forester (of "Captain Horatio Hornblower" fame), Commandos Strike at Dawn is a wartime morale-booster, largely set in coastal Norway. Paul Muni stars as Eric Toresen, an apolitical and basically pacifistic Norwegian fisherman who is galvanized into action when his village is occupied by the Nazis. With a group of courageous resistance fighters, Toresen first endeavors to sabotage and demoralize the German troops then escapes to Britain, there to help organize commando raids against his country's oppressors. The supporting cast includes Anna Lee as the hero's true love, Alexander Knox (two years away from his starring stint in the patriotic biopic Wilson) as an icy Nazi commandant, Cedric Hardwicke as a stiff-upper-lip British officer, and Lillian Gish (in her first film appearance since 1931) as an iron-willed Norwegian townsperson. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- John Farrow
- Written By
- Irwin Shaw
- Genres
- Drama, Action & Adventure, Classics
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Dec 30, 1942 Wide
- Studio
- Sony Pictures Entertainment
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Cast
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Paul Muni
as Erik Toresen
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Anna Lee
as Judith Bowen
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Lillian Gish
as Mrs. Bergesen
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Cedric Hardwicke
as Adm. Bowen
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Robert Coote
as Robert Bowen
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Ray Collins
as Johan Bergesen
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Rosemary De Camp
as Hilma Arnesen
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Alexander Knox
as German Captain
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Elisabeth Fraser
as Anna Korstad
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Richard Derr
as Gunner Korstad
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Erville Alderson
as Johan Garmo
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Barbara Everest
as Mrs. Olav
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Rod Cameron
as Pastor
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Louis Jean Heydt
as Karl Arnesen
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Arthur Margetson
as German Colonel
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Ann Carter
as Solveig Toresen
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Elsa Janssen
as Mrs. Korstad
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Ferdinand Munier
as Mr. Korstad
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Lloyd Bridges
as Young Soldier
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George Macready
as Schoolteacher
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Walter Sande
as Otto
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Philip Van Zandt
as Thirsty Soldier
- Rosemary DeCamp
