Commandos Strike at Dawn (1942)
Country: USA
Language: English
Release Date: 30 December 1942 (USA)
Director: John Farrow
Writers: Irwin Shaw (screen play), C.S. Forester (story)
Stars: Paul Muni, Anna Lee, Lillian Gish
A gentle widower, enraged at Nazi atrocities against his peaceful Norwegian fishing village, escapes to Britain and returns leading a commando force against the oppressors.
Cast
Cast overview, first billed only:
Paul Muni … Eric Toresen
Anna Lee … Judith Bowen
Lillian Gish … Mrs. Bergesen
Cedric Hardwicke … Admiral Bowen (as Sir Cedric Hardwicke)
Ray Collins … Johan Bergesen
Robert Coote … Robert Bowen (as Flying Officer Robert Coote RCAF)
Rosemary DeCamp … Hilma Arnesen
Alexander Knox … German Captain
Elisabeth Fraser … Anna Korstad
Richard Derr … Gunnar Korstad
Erville Alderson … Johan Garme
Barbara Everest … Mrs. Olav
Rod Cameron … Pastor
Louis Jean Heydt … Karl Arnesen
George Macready … Schoolteacher
Release Date: 30 December 1942 (USA)
Also Known As: The Commandos Come at Dawn
Filming Locations: Heals Rifle Range, Saanich, British Columbia, Canada
Box Office – Gross
$1,300,000 (USA)
Filming Dates
20 July 1942 – 25 September 1942
Copyright Holder
Columbia Pictures Corporation (original), U.S. Copyright LP11778, 7 January 1943
Copyright MCMXLII by Columbia Pictures Corp. (on print)
Academy Awards, USA 1944
Nominated for Oscar
Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture
Louis Gruenberg
Morris Stoloff
