Decision Before Dawn

Decision Before Dawn
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Anatole Litvak
Screenplay by	Peter Viertel
Based on	Call It Treason by George Howe
Produced by	Anatole Litvak Frank McCarthy
Starring	Richard Basehart Gary Merrill Oskar Werner Hildegard Knef
Narrated by	Richard Basehart
Cinematography	Franz Planer
Edited by	Dorothy Spencer
Music by	Franz Waxman
Distributed by	20th Century-Fox
Release date	December 21, 1951 (1951-12-21)
Running time	119 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$1.55 million (US rentals)[1]

Decision Before Dawn is a 1951 American war film directed by Anatole Litvak, starring Richard Basehart, Oskar Werner, and Hans Christian Blech. It tells the story of the U.S. Army using potentially unreliable German prisoners of war to gather intelligence as clandestine "line-crossers" in the closing days of World War II. The film was adapted by Peter Viertel and Jack Rollens (uncredited) from the novel Call It Treason by George L. Howe. The film was a critical success and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.