Who was the director of XXX?
Commandos Strike at Dawn
Although primarily producing ``B'' films in the 1930s -- such as The Crimson Paradise in 1933 (Canada's first ``talkie'') and Special Inspector and Convicted in 1938 for Columbia Pictures (both featuring starlet Rita Hayworth) -- this historic Oak Bay studio also produced Commandos Strike at Dawn in 1942 -- a Hollywood A-picture directed by John Farrow, which was nominated for an Academy Award for its score by the world-renowned opera composer, Louis Gruenberg.