The Day Will Dawn

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).)

5.6

98 min

Cast

Hugh Williams

as Colin Metcalfe

Griffith Jones

as Police Inspector Gunter (as Griffiths Jones)

Deborah Kerr

as Kari Alstad

Ralph Richardson

as Frank Lockwood

Francis L. Sullivan

as Kommandant Ulrich Wettau

Roland Culver

as Cmdr. Pittwaters

Finlay Currie

as Capt. Alstad

Niall MacGinnis

as Olaf

Elizabeth Mann

as Gerda

Raymond Huntley

Patricia Medina

as Ingrid

Roland Pertwee

as Capt. Waverley

Henry Oscar

as Newspaper Editor

David Horne

as Evans, Foreign Editor

Henry Hewitt

as Jack, News Editor

John Warwick

as Milligan, Reporter in Fleet Street Pub

Brefni O'Rorke

as Political Journalist

Bernard Miles

as McAllister (Irish Soldier)

Beckett Bould

as Bergen, Spokesman of Langedal

Olaf Olsen

as Langedal's Schoolmaster

Gus McNaughton

as Army Sergeant

George Carney

as Harry, Soldier in Fleet Street Pub

John Salew

as "Man-in-the-Street" in Fleet Street Pub

Meriel Forbes

as Milly, the Barmaid

Philip Friend

as Pilot

George Merritt

as German Trawler Captain

John Boxer

as U-Boat Commander

H Victor Weske

as Heinrich

Gerhard Kempinski

as Barman, Bia Tonne in Oslo

George Spence

as Norwegian Villager (uncredited)

Director

Harold French