The Day Will Dawn
Thrilling drama of the new secret front!
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.
Crew and Cast
Harold FrenchDirector
Hugh WilliamsColin Metcalfe
Griffith JonesPolice Inspector Gunter (as Griffiths Jones)
Deborah KerrKari Alstad
Ralph RichardsonFrank LockwoodFrancis L. SullivanKommandant Ulrich Wettau
Roland CulverCmdr. Pittwaters
Finlay CurrieCapt. Alstad
Niall MacGinnisOlafElizabeth MannGerda
Raymond Huntley
Patricia MedinaIngrid
Roland PertweeCapt. Waverley
Henry OscarNewspaper Editor
David HorneEvans · Foreign Editor
Henry HewittJack · News EditorJohn WarwickMilligan · Reporter in Fleet Street Pub
Brefni O'RorkePolitical Journalist
Bernard MilesMcAllister (Irish Soldier)Beckett BouldBergen · Spokesman of Langedal
Olaf OlsenLangedal's Schoolmaster
Gus McNaughtonArmy Sergeant
George CarneyHarry · Soldier in Fleet Street Pub
John Salew"Man-in-the-Street" in Fleet Street Pub
Meriel ForbesMilly · the Barmaid
Philip FriendPilot
George MerrittGerman Trawler CaptainJohn BoxerU-Boat Commander
H Victor WeskeHeinrich
Gerhard KempinskiBarman · Bia Tonne in Oslo
George SpenceNorwegian Villager
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Info
- Status
- Released
- Released
- 8 June 1942
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- TMDB score
- 6.0 / 10 (6 votes)
Production
- Director
- Harold French
- Studios
- Paul Soskin Productions
- Countries
- United Kingdom
Languages
- Original
- English
- Spoken
- English, Norwegian