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The Day Will Dawn

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Calorie Rating: 138
Released: 1942-06-08
Running Time: 98 Minutes
Studios: Paul Soskin Productions,


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 / Directors

E.J. Holding
Assistant Director


Cast

Hugh Williams
Character: Colin Metcalfe
Griffith Jones
Character: Police Inspector Gunter (as Griffiths Jones)
Deborah Kerr
Character: Kari Alstad

Ralph Richardson
Character: Frank Lockwood
Francis L. Sullivan
Character: Kommandant Ulrich Wettau
Roland Culver
Character: Cmdr. Pittwaters

Finlay Currie
Character: Capt. Alstad
Niall MacGinnis
Character: Olaf
Elizabeth Mann
Character: Gerda

Patricia Medina
Character: Ingrid
Roland Pertwee
Character: Capt. Waverley

Henry Oscar
Character: Newspaper Editor
David Horne
Character: Evans, Foreign Editor
Henry Hewitt
Character: Jack, News Editor

John Warwick
Character: Milligan, Reporter in Fleet Street Pub
Brefni O'Rorke
Character: Political Journalist
Bernard Miles
Character: McAllister (Irish Soldier)

Beckett Bould
Character: Bergen, Spokesman of Langedal
Olaf Olsen
Character: Langedal's Schoolmaster
Gus McNaughton
Character: Army Sergeant

George Carney
Character: Harry, Soldier in Fleet Street Pub
John Salew
Character: "Man-in-the-Street" in Fleet Street Pub
Meriel Forbes
Character: Milly, the Barmaid

Philip Friend
Character: Pilot
George Merritt
Character: German Trawler Captain
John Boxer
Character: U-Boat Commander

H Victor Weske
Character: Heinrich
Gerhard Kempinski
Character: Barman, Bia Tonne in Oslo
George Spence
Character: Norwegian Villager (uncredited)


Production and Crew

Paul Soskin
Producer
William C. Andrews
Art Direction

Cyril J. Knowles
Director of Photography

Patrick Kirwan
Screenplay

C. C. Stevens
Sound Recordist
A.W. Watkins
Sound Supervisor

Harold Boxall
Executive In Charge Of Production

Bernard Knowles
Lighting Manager
Tom White
Production Manager