Movie

Commandos Strike at Dawn

Released: December 30, 1942 (1942)

Runtime: 98 minutes

Genres: War, Drama

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.

Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)

Ray Collins as Johan Bergesen
Age at release: 53
Lillian Gish as Mrs. Bergesen
Age at release: 49
Cedric Hardwicke as Admiral Bowen
Age at release: 49
Paul Muni as Eric Toresen
Age at release: 47
Alexander Knox as German Captain
Age at release: 35
Robert Coote as Robert Bowen
Age at release: 33
Rosemary DeCamp as Hilma Arnesen
Age at release: 32
Anna Lee as Judith Bowen
Age at release: 29
Richard Derr as Gunnar Korstad
Age at release: 24
Elisabeth Fraser as Anna Korstad
Age at release: 22

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Erville Alderson as Johan Garme
Age at release: 60
Arthur Margetson as German Colonel
Age at release: 55
Barbara Everest as Mrs. Olav
Age at release: 52
George Macready as Schoolteacher
Age at release: 43
Louis Jean Heydt as Karl Arnesen
Age at release: 39
Rod Cameron as Pastor
Age at release: 32
Eddie Hall as German Soldier at the Sound Detector (uncredited)
Age at release: 30
Lloyd Bridges as Young German Soldier (uncredited)
Age at release: 29
Ann Carter as Solveig Toresen (uncredited)
Age at release: 6