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Commandos Strike at Dawn (1942) was a Drama - Historical Film directed by John Farrow and produced by Lester Cowan.

Academy Awards 1943 --- Ceremony Number 16 (source: AMPAS)

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Best Music - ScoringMorris Stoloff, Louis GruenbergNominated
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Commandos Strike at Dawn (1942)

By Beatrice on Sep 12, 2014 From Flickers in Time

Commandos Strike at Dawn Directed by John Farrow Written by Irwin Shaw from a story by C.S. Forester 1942/USA Columbia Pictures Corporation First viewing/Amazon Instant Video I was not looking forward to watching a combat movie with Paul Muni. ?I was pleasantly surprised. Eric Toreson (Muni) is a ... Read full article

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Schoolteacher: [watching a Nazi bookburning] I'm writing a novel myself. I'd be very disappointed if you gentlemen don't burn it.

Hilma Arnesen: A dry punch bowl is against nature.

Johan Garme: The herring will run, Germans or no Germans.

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Behind-the-scenes footage made during location filming in Canada is included in the CBC-TV documentary "Canada's War in Colour" (2005).
This was the movie debut of 43-year-old George Macready, who had been a stage actor since 1926.
Bristol Blenheim light bombers and Westland Lysander liason aircraft were painted up with German Balkankreuz markings to stand in for unavailable Luftwaffe types.
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