Decision Before Dawn - 1951 nominee for Best Picture- this black and white flick deals with captured Nazis helping the Allies at the end of the WWII.Oskar Werner does a stellar job as "Happy" a German fed up with the Nazi cause who decides to go back to the German front to find out troop movements for the Americans.The movie is a slow starter- but the final act is one of the most capitvating and tense war time chase scenes I have viewed.Filmed on location in Germany- many of the final chase scenes benefit from the debris and buildings.The DVD has vintage newsreel footage and the theatrical trailer.Richard Basehart is the American narrator.Directed by the guy who did The Snakepit. B+
Review of Decision Before Dawn
