The Day Will Dawn (1942)
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.
- Date of release
- 1942-06-08
- TMDB
- 6.0 / 10 (6)
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Genres
- Drama, War
- Director
- Harold French
Casting
- 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
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