---
title: 'Commandos Strike at Dawn (1942)'
type: 'film'
director: 'John Farrow'
released: '1942-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 98
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/commandos-strike-at-dawn-1942'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035746/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Commandos Strike at Dawn (1942)

1942 · 98 min · Drama, War · United States


## Synopsis

Commandos Strike at Dawn is a 1942 war film directed by John Farrow and written by Irwin Shaw from a short story entitled "The Commandos" by C. S. Forester that appeared in Cosmopolitan magazine in June 1942. Filmed in Canada, it starred Paul Muni, Anna Lee, Lillian Gish in her return to the screen, Cedric Hardwicke and Robert Coote.

## Credits

- **Director:** [John Farrow](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-farrow)
- **Screenplay:** [Irwin Shaw](https://cinepixo.com/people/irwin-shaw)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Louis Gruenberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/louis-gruenberg)
- **Director of Photography:** [William C. Mellor](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-c-mellor)
- **Editor:** [Anne Bauchens](https://cinepixo.com/people/anne-bauchens)

## Cast

- [Robert Coote](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-coote)
- [Erville Alderson](https://cinepixo.com/people/erville-alderson)
- [Louis Jean Heydt](https://cinepixo.com/people/louis-jean-heydt)
- [Alexander Knox](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexander-knox)
- [Arthur Margetson](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-margetson)
- [Rod Cameron](https://cinepixo.com/people/rod-cameron)
- [Philip Van Zandt](https://cinepixo.com/people/philip-van-zandt)
- [Barbara Everest](https://cinepixo.com/people/barbara-everest)
- [Paul Muni](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-muni)
- [George Lynn](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-lynn)
- [Richard Derr](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-derr)
- [Anna Lee](https://cinepixo.com/people/anna-lee)
- [George Macready](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-macready)
- [Cedric Hardwicke](https://cinepixo.com/people/cedric-hardwicke)
- [Walter Sande](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-sande)

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