The Day Will Dawn(1942)
“Thrilling drama of the new secret front!”
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).)
Director
Harold FrenchProducer
Cast
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
Crew
Details
Original Language
en
Country
United Kingdom
Production
Paul Soskin Productions
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