Directed by:
Frank TuttleCinematography:
John F. SeitzComposer:
Miklós RózsaCast:
Franchot Tone, Veronica Lake, John Sutton, Binnie Barnes, Henry Stephenson, Nils Asther, David Leland, Mary Gordon, Leslie Denison, Harry Cording, Viola Moore (more)Plots(1)
Based on the novel by W. Somerset Maugham and made at the height of the Second World War, The Hour Before the Dawn stars Franchot Tone as Jim Hetherton, a pacifist Englishman who becomes a conscientious objector at the onset of WWII. The sultry Veronica Lake plays Dora Bruckmann, the beautiful Austrian refugee whom Jim marries. But what neither he nor anyone else suspects is that Dora is actually an agent planted by the Nazis, and her main concern is finding the location of a secret airfield in the vicinity of the Hetherton estate in order to help Hitler’s planned invasion. By preying on his beliefs, Dora manages to manipulate Jim into potentially betraying his country. (Kino Lorber)
(more)Soundtracks
Five Graves to Cairo / So Proudly We Hail! / The Hour before Dawn
Music from the Motion Picture
Label: Intrada Records
Year: 2016
Country: USA
Format: CD
Length: 01:11:46
Notes: Limited edition.
| 1. | FIVE GRAVES TO CAIRO: Prelude / First Scene / Walk In Desert (Abridged) | Miklós Rózsa | 06:49 |
| 2. | Herr Rommel | Miklós Rózsa | 02:21 |
| 3. | Herr Rommel Takes Coffee | Miklós Rózsa | 05:01 |
| 4. | Bramble & Soda | Miklós Rózsa | 03:15 |
| 5. | The Professor’s Photograph | Miklós Rózsa | 02:02 |
| 6. | Ordered to Cairo | Miklós Rózsa | 01:11 |
| 7. | Davos Discovered | Miklós Rózsa | 02:32 |
| 8. | Lieutenant Is Killed | Miklós Rózsa | 02:47 |
| 9. | Davos Departs | Miklós Rózsa | 02:06 |
| 10. | Victory Montage (Abridged) | Miklós Rózsa | 02:08 |
| 11. | Finale | Miklós Rózsa | 03:51 |
| 12. | SO PROUDLY WE HAIL!: Prelude | Miklós Rózsa | 02:37 |
| 13. | Shipboard (Based On “California, Here I Come”) | Miklós Rózsa | 02:19 |
| 14. | Brass Band (Aloha ’Oe) | Miklós Rózsa | 00:28 |
| 15. | Christmas Tree | Miklós Rózsa | 02:09 |
| 16. | Jingle Bells (Foxtrot) (Arr. Gil Grau) | Miklós Rózsa | 01:37 |
| 17. | Love Scene | Miklós Rózsa | 02:43 |
| 18. | Olivia And Planes | Miklós Rózsa | 02:19 |
| 19. | Morning | Miklós Rózsa | 00:43 |
| 20. | A Woman Driver | Miklós Rózsa | 00:36 |
| 21. | Finale | Miklós Rózsa | 00:58 |
| 22. | THE HOUR BEFORE DAWN: Prelude / England 1923 | Miklós Rózsa | 02:51 |
| 23. | May Returns | Miklós Rózsa | 00:59 |
| 24. | The Signal Fire | Miklós Rózsa | 03:38 |
| 25. | The Tragedy | Miklós Rózsa | 04:03 |
| 26. | Finale (Incorporating “There’ll Always Be An England”) | Miklós Rózsa | 01:05 |
| 27. | THE MAN IN HALF MOON STREET: Prelude | Miklós Rózsa | 01:10 |
| 28. | The Diary | Miklós Rózsa | 00:29 |
| 29. | Finale | Miklós Rózsa | 01:48 |
| 30. | THE WOMAN OF THE TOWN: Boot Hill (Finale) | Miklós Rózsa | 02:43 |
| 31. | THE EXTRAS: Bagpipes And Drums (Five Graves To Cairo) | Miklós Rózsa | 01:00 |
| 32. | Wagner Medley (Piano Solo) (The Hour Before The Dawn) | 01:28 |