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The Day Will Dawn (1942)
Directed by Harold French
“Thrilling drama of the new secret front!”
Drama, War · 1h 38m
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.
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
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Elizabeth Mann
Gerda
Raymond Huntley
Patricia Medina
Ingrid
Roland Pertwee
Capt. Waverley
Crew
- Director
- Harold French
- Screenplay
- Patrick Kirwan, Terence Rattigan, Anatole de Grunwald
- Director of Photography
- Cyril J. Knowles
- Editor
- Michael C. Chorlton
- Producer
- Paul Soskin
Details
- Release date
- 1942-06-08
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Genres
- Drama, War
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English, Norwegian
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Production
- Paul Soskin Productions