The Day Will Dawn

The Day Will Dawn (1942)

Thrilling drama of the new secret front!

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).)

star 5.6
  • Release Date: 1942-06-08
  • Runtime: 1h 38min
  • Director: Harold French

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Cast

  • Hugh Williams

    Colin Metcalfe

  • Griffith Jones

    Police Inspector Gunter (as Griffiths Jones)

  • Deborah Kerr

    Kari Alstad

  • Ralph Richardson

    Frank Lockwood

  • Francis L. Sullivan

    Kommandant Ulrich Wettau

  • Roland Culver

    Cmdr. Pittwaters

  • Finlay Currie

    Capt. Alstad

  • Niall MacGinnis

    Olaf

  • Elizabeth Mann

    Gerda

  • Raymond Huntley

  • Patricia Medina

    Ingrid

  • Roland Pertwee

    Capt. Waverley

  • Henry Oscar

    Newspaper Editor

  • David Horne

    Evans, Foreign Editor

  • Henry Hewitt

    Jack, News Editor

  • John Warwick

    Milligan, Reporter in Fleet Street Pub

  • Brefni O'Rorke

    Political Journalist

  • Bernard Miles

    McAllister (Irish Soldier)

  • Beckett Bould

    Bergen, Spokesman of Langedal

  • Olaf Olsen

    Langedal's Schoolmaster

  • Gus McNaughton

    Army Sergeant

  • George Carney

    Harry, Soldier in Fleet Street Pub

  • John Salew

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

  • Meriel Forbes

    Milly, the Barmaid

  • Philip Friend

    Pilot

  • George Merritt

    German Trawler Captain

  • John Boxer

    U-Boat Commander

  • H Victor Weske

    Heinrich

  • Gerhard Kempinski

    Barman, Bia Tonne in Oslo

  • George Spence

    Norwegian Villager (uncredited)