The Day Will Dawn
Thrilling drama of the new secret front!
1942-06-08 | 98 minutes
Plot Summary
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
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Hugh WilliamsColin Metcalfe
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Griffith JonesPolice Inspector Gunter (as Griffiths Jones)
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Deborah KerrKari Alstad
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Ralph RichardsonFrank Lockwood
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Francis L. SullivanKommandant Ulrich Wettau
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Roland CulverCmdr. Pittwaters
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Finlay CurrieCapt. Alstad
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Niall MacGinnisOlaf
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Raymond Huntley
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Patricia MedinaIngrid
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Roland PertweeCapt. Waverley
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Henry OscarNewspaper Editor
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David HorneEvans, Foreign Editor
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Henry HewittJack, News Editor
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Brefni O'RorkePolitical Journalist
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Bernard MilesMcAllister (Irish Soldier)