The Day Will Dawn
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).)
Release Date:
1942-06-08
Runtime:
98 minutes
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Starring:
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
Henry Oscar
as Newspaper Editor
David Horne
as Evans, Foreign Editor
Henry Hewitt
as Jack, News Editor
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John Warwick
as Milligan, Reporter in Fleet Street Pub
Brefni O'Rorke
as Political Journalist
Bernard Miles
as McAllister (Irish Soldier)
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Beckett Bould
as Bergen, Spokesman of Langedal
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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
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John Boxer
as U-Boat Commander
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H Victor Weske
as Heinrich
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Gerhard Kempinski
as Barman, Bia Tonne in Oslo
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George Spence
as Norwegian Villager (uncredited)