The Day Will Dawn

Harold French
1942-06-08

Thrilling drama of the new secret front!
5.6
98 min

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).)

Cast

Name Character Team
Hugh Williams Colin Metcalfe Unowned
Griffith Jones Police Inspector Gunter (as Griffiths Jones) Unowned
Deborah Kerr Kari Alstad Unowned
Ralph Richardson Frank Lockwood Unowned
Francis L. Sullivan Kommandant Ulrich Wettau Unowned
Roland Culver Cmdr. Pittwaters Unowned
Finlay Currie Capt. Alstad Unowned
Niall MacGinnis Olaf Unowned
Elizabeth Mann Gerda Unowned
Raymond Huntley Unowned
Patricia Medina Ingrid Unowned
Roland Pertwee Capt. Waverley Unowned
Henry Oscar Newspaper Editor Unowned
David Horne Evans, Foreign Editor Unowned
Henry Hewitt Jack, News Editor Unowned
John Warwick Milligan, Reporter in Fleet Street Pub Unowned
Brefni O'Rorke Political Journalist Unowned
Bernard Miles McAllister (Irish Soldier) Unowned
Beckett Bould Bergen, Spokesman of Langedal Unowned
Olaf Olsen Langedal's Schoolmaster Unowned
Gus McNaughton Army Sergeant Unowned
George Carney Harry, Soldier in Fleet Street Pub Unowned
John Salew "Man-in-the-Street" in Fleet Street Pub Unowned
Meriel Forbes Milly, the Barmaid Unowned
Philip Friend Pilot Unowned
George Merritt German Trawler Captain Unowned
John Boxer U-Boat Commander Unowned
H Victor Weske Heinrich Unowned
Gerhard Kempinski Barman, Bia Tonne in Oslo Unowned
George Spence Norwegian Villager (uncredited) Unowned