Always Another Dawn

Always Another Dawn (1948)

Featuring Charles 'Bud' Tingwell in only his second film and first lead role, which helped prepare him for his part in the 1953 World War Two Hollywood action drama, 'The Desert Rats'. 'Always Another Dawn' celebrates the Australian Navy's contribution to the Allied victory in WW2. The ship (Dauntless) is based on the real-life HMAS Yarra, which was sunk by a Japanese cruiser squadron on 4 March 1942 with 138 lives lost. Assisted by the Royal Australian Navy, filming took place at Flinders Naval Depot Melbourne and aboard the destroyer HMAS Bataan.

Data di uscita
1948-09-24
TMDB
4.2 / 10 (5)
Durata
1 h 48 min
Generi
Dramma, Guerra
Regista
T.O. McCreadie

Cast

Curiosità

Always Another Dawn is a 1948 Australian wartime melodrama directed by T.O. McCreadie. It was the first leading role for Bud Tingwell.

Production

The script was co-written by New Zealand author Zelma Roberts, whose husband had been killed on active service with the New Zealand armed forces.

It was Charles Tingwell's first lead role and only his second film. Tingwell says he was offered the role after a screen test, and once he was cast he pulled out of being in the running for a part in Sons of Matthew. Terrence Coy, who plays Tingwell's character as a boy, won his role in a competition.

Although the ship in the film, Dauntless, was fictitious, it is based on the real-life HMAS Yarra, which was sunk by the Japanese in 1942 with only 13 survivors.

Tingwell said the original title was Another Dawn until the McCreadies were informed about an Errol Flynn movie with the same title, so they added "Always" to the front.

The film was made with the co-operation of the Royal Australian Navy. Shooting began in February 1947 and lasted six months, taking place at Flinders Naval Depot, Camden, and aboard the destroyer HMAS Bataan. A small studio was provided by Commonwealth Film Laboratories.

Leggi su Wikipedia · Testo da Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Dati da Wikidata.

Consigliati