The Day Will Dawn
movie
Thrilling drama of the new secret front!
Released June 08, 1942
Overview
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).)
Cast
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
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Elizabeth Mann
as
Gerda
Raymond Huntley
Patricia Medina
as
Ingrid
Roland Pertwee
as
Capt. Waverley
Crew
Harold French
as
Director
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Frank Owen
as
Story
Terence Rattigan
as
Screenplay
Anatole de Grunwald
as
Screenplay
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Patrick Kirwan
as
Screenplay
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Paul Soskin
as
Producer
Richard Addinsell
as
Music
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Michael C. Chorlton
as
Editor
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William C. Andrews
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Art Direction
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Cyril J. Knowles
as
Director of Photography
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C. C. Stevens
as
Sound Recordist
Terence Rattigan
as
Treatment