Film

The Day Will Dawn

1942 · 1h 38m · Drama · War

Thrilling drama of the new secret front!

IMDb

6.1

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).)

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

• Harold FrenchDirector
• Terence RattiganScreenplay
• Anatole de GrunwaldScreenplay
• Patrick KirwanScreenplay
• Frank OwenStory
• Paul SoskinProducer
• Cyril J. KnowlesDirector of Photography
• Michael C. ChorltonEditor

Release date

June 8, 1942

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 38m

Rated

PG

Genres

Drama, War