Commandos Strike at Dawn

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Commandos Strike at Dawn
Directed by John Farrow
Written by C.S. Forester (story)
Irwin Shaw
Narrated by Lester Cowan
Starring Paul Muni
Anna Lee
Lillian Gish
Cedric Hardwicke
Music by Louis Gruenberg
John Leipold (uncredited)
Cinematography William C. Mellor
Editing by Anne Bauchens
Distributed by Columbia Pictures
Release date(s) December 30, 1942
Running time 98 minutes
Country Flag of the United States United States
Language English
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Commandos Strike at Dawn is a 1942 war film directed by John Farrow and written by Irwin Shaw from a story by C.S. Forester, starring Paul Muni,Anna Lee, Lillian Gish and Cedric Hardwicke. The story concerns a peaceful Norwegian man who is stirred to violence after the Nazis occupy his quiet fishing village. He manages to get to England, and guides some British Commandos to a raid on a secret airstrip the Germans are building on the Norwegian coast.

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