Shot at Dawn (film)

Shot at Dawn (French: Fusillé à l'aube) is a 1950 French spy drama film directed by André Haguet and starring Renée Saint-Cyr, Frank Villard and Nathalie Nattier. It was based on the 1937 novel of the same title by Maurice Dekobra. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Jacques Brizzio and Marcel Magniez.

Synopsis
During the First World War, after hearing of her husband's execution at the hands of his superior the Austrian colonel von Pennwitz, Florence enlists in the French secret service to gain revenge. However her attempt to hunt down those responsible for her husband's betrayal leads her to discover that he is in fact still alive. His supposed death was a ruse de guerre. It is only with the Armistice that the couple are happily reunited.

Cast

 * Renée Saint-Cyr as Florence Hennings
 * Frank Villard as 	Rudolf Hennings
 * Howard Vernon as 	Le colonel von Pennwitz
 * Nathalie Nattier as 	Marika
 * Georges Galley as 	Le chasseur de chamois
 * André Valmy as 	l'inspecteur Braun
 * Olivier Hussenot as 	Marcel Berthier - l'agent 24
 * Annie Marel as 	Lisbeth
 * Jean Lanier as 	L'attaché militaire von Kellendorf
 * Robert Le Béal as 	Un officier
 * Raymond Girard as 	Le colonel
 * Alexandre Mihalesco as 	L'aubergiste
 * Jean Berton as 	Le régisseur
 * Georges Sellier as 	Le colonel autrichien