The Day Will Dawn

The Day Will Dawn (1942)

Thrilling drama of the new secret front!

  • Genre: Drama, War
  • Release Date: 1942-06-08
  • User Rating: 5.6/10 from 5 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 38min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Paul Soskin Productions
  • Production Country: United Kingdom
  • Director: Harold French
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Summary

When Hitler invades Poland, sports journalist Colin Metcalfe (Hugh Williams) is unexpectedly reassigned as a foreign correspondent in Norway. En route, his ship is attacked by a German U-boat, but his warning to the Royal Navy is dismissed and he loses his post. With the German invasion of Norway soon after, Metcalfe returns, determined to uncover enemy operations and strike back against the occupiers. (Note: The film was released in the United States under the alternate title The Avengers (1942).)

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  • Hugh Williams

    as Colin Metcalfe

  • Griffith Jones

    as Police Inspector Gunter (as Griffiths Jones)

  • Deborah Kerr

    as Kari Alstad

  • Ralph Richardson

    as Frank Lockwood

  • Francis L. Sullivan

    as Kommandant Ulrich Wettau

  • Roland Culver

    as Cmdr. Pittwaters

  • Finlay Currie

    as Capt. Alstad

  • Niall MacGinnis

    as Olaf

  • Elizabeth Mann

    as Gerda

  • Raymond Huntley

    as

  • Patricia Medina

    as Ingrid

  • Roland Pertwee

    as Capt. Waverley

  • Henry Oscar

    as Newspaper Editor

  • David Horne

    as Evans, Foreign Editor

  • Henry Hewitt

    as Jack, News Editor

  • John Warwick

    as Milligan, Reporter in Fleet Street Pub

  • Brefni O'Rorke

    as Political Journalist

  • Bernard Miles

    as McAllister (Irish Soldier)

  • Beckett Bould

    as Bergen, Spokesman of Langedal

  • Olaf Olsen

    as Langedal's Schoolmaster

  • Gus McNaughton

    as Army Sergeant

  • George Carney

    as Harry, Soldier in Fleet Street Pub

  • John Salew

    as "Man-in-the-Street" in Fleet Street Pub

  • Meriel Forbes

    as Milly, the Barmaid

  • Philip Friend

    as Pilot

  • George Merritt

    as German Trawler Captain

  • John Boxer

    as U-Boat Commander

  • H Victor Weske

    as Heinrich

  • Gerhard Kempinski

    as Barman, Bia Tonne in Oslo

  • George Spence

    as Norwegian Villager (uncredited)
Directing Harold French Director
Production Paul Soskin Producer
Art William C. Andrews Art Direction
Writing Anatole de Grunwald Screenplay
Sound Richard Addinsell Music
Writing Terence Rattigan Screenplay
Camera Cyril J. Knowles Director of Photography
Writing Patrick Kirwan Screenplay
Writing Frank Owen Story
Editing Michael C. Chorlton Editor
Sound C. C. Stevens Sound Recordist
Sound A.W. Watkins Sound Supervisor
Sound Muir Mathieson Conductor
Crew Anatole de Grunwald Treatment
Crew Terence Rattigan Treatment
Production Harold Boxall Executive In Charge Of Production
Lighting Bernard Knowles Lighting Manager
Production Tom White Production Manager
Crew Patrick Kirwan Treatment
Directing E.J. Holding Assistant Director

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