The Day Will Dawn
The Day Will Dawn
Release: 1942-06-08
·Runtime: 98m
·★ 5.6
Drama
War
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).)
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Production Companies
Paul Soskin Productions
Cast
Niall MacGinnis
as Olaf
Roland Pertwee
as Capt. Waverley
Brefni O'Rorke
as Political Journalist
Bernard Miles
as McAllister (Irish Soldier)
Hugh Williams
as Colin Metcalfe
Ralph Richardson
as Frank Lockwood
Griffith Jones
as Police Inspector Gunter (as Griffiths Jones)
Patricia Medina
as Ingrid
David Horne
as Evans, Foreign Editor
Philip Friend
as Pilot
Deborah Kerr
as Kari Alstad
Francis L. Sullivan
as Kommandant Ulrich Wettau
Finlay Currie
as Capt. Alstad
Henry Oscar
as Newspaper Editor
Henry Hewitt
as Jack, News Editor
George Carney
as Harry, Soldier in Fleet Street Pub
John Salew
as "Man-in-the-Street" in Fleet Street Pub
George Merritt
as German Trawler Captain
Roland Culver
as Cmdr. Pittwaters
Raymond Huntley
Meriel Forbes
as Milly, the Barmaid
Gus McNaughton
as Army Sergeant
