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Before Dawn

Release Year
1933
Runtime
1h 0m
Genres
Drama
Mystery
Directed By
Irving Pichel
Before Dawn

After the death of a gangster, those familiar with his million dollar stash start mysteriously dying. Police detectives with the help of a clairvoyant try to determine who, living or dead, is responsible.

Cast & Crew

Cast

Stuart Erwin

Dwight Wilson

Dorothy Wilson

Patricia Merrick, also known as Mlle. Mystera

Warner Oland

Dr. Paul Cornelius

Dudley Digges

Horace Merrick

Gertrude Hoffmann

Mattie (as Gertrude W. Hoffman)

Oscar Apfel

Chief of Detectives John F. O'Hara

Frank Reicher

Joe Valerie

Jane Darwell

Mrs. Marble

Ed Brady

Paddywagon Cop (uncredited)

Tom Brower

Detective Schultz (uncredited)

Pat O'Malley

Detective Brady (uncredited)

Irving Pichel

Police Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

Crew

Irving Pichel

Director

Garrett Fort

Screenplay

Ralph Block

Screenplay

Marion Dix

Screenplay

William Hamilton

Editor

Edgar Wallace

Story

Philip Faulkner Jr.

Sound Recordist

Lucien N. Andriot

Cinematography

Charles Bohny

Assistant Camera

Walter Mayo

Assistant Director

Carroll Clark

Settings

Van Nest Polglase

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