The Hour Before the Dawn

The Hour Before the Dawn

The Hour Before the Dawn is a 1944 American drama war film directed by Frank Tuttle starring Franchot Tone and Veronica Lake. It was based on the novel by W. Somerset Maugham. It is often rumored that this film may have led to the decline of Lake's career. She was at her peak at the time of production, with films such as Sullivan's Travels, This Gun for Hire, The Glass Key, I Married a Witch and So Proudly We Hail! all having been big box office successes for her and Paramount. After this film was released, her films were less popular, with the exception of Ramrod, The Blue Dahlia and to a lesser extent Saigon, the latter two of which paired her with four-time co-star Ladd.

Genre: Drama, War
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Year:
1944
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May Heatherton:
Oh, why did I give up the theatre to become a lady?

Roger Hetherton:
Your performance still stinks, my pet.

May Heatherton:
Please, my pet.

Jim Hetherton:
Those who want to fight can. I won't.

Gen. Hetherton:
You're not serious.

Jim Hetherton:
Of course I'm serious. You all know how I feel. It's nothing new. I hate war and I can have no part in it.

Sir Leslie Buchanon:
We all hate war, Jim. It's just there are some things we hate even more. Things we can't go on living with. [Looks at the radio] Things like, well, you heard just now.

Jim Hetherton:
You all despise me, don't you?

Roger Hetherton:
Don't talk rough. We don't despise you. We're just... just trying to understand, that's all.

Jim Hetherton:
Of course, I'm sorry. you've always been considerate. All of you. Mainly because you thought it was just a lot of undergraduate nonsense. Something I'd grow out of. Well, it wasn't. I haven't changed and I won't. They can do what they like about it. Put me in prison. Go to extremes. But I won't kill. And I won't help others to kill.

Tommy Hetherton:
You're not a coward. I don't care what anybody says. I know you're not. And you... you... you are on our side, aren't you?

Jim Hetherton:
Of course I am. If anybody says I'm not, you sock them for me, will you?

Tommy Hetherton:
Oh, I have. Lots of times.

Tommy Hetherton:
You don't think the Germans could win, do you, Daddy?

Roger Hetherton:
Yes, I think they could. But they won't.

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