Movie
The Day Will Dawn
Released: June 8, 1942 (1942)
Runtime: 98 minutes
Genres: Drama, War
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).)
Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)
- Finlay Currie as Capt. Alstad
Age at release: 64
- Roland Culver as Cmdr. Pittwaters
Age at release: 41
- Ralph Richardson as Frank Lockwood
Age at release: 39
- Francis L. Sullivan as Kommandant Ulrich Wettau
Age at release: 39
- Hugh Williams as Colin Metcalfe
Age at release: 38
Age at release: 38
- Griffith Jones as Police Inspector Gunter (as Griffiths Jones)
Age at release: 32
- Niall MacGinnis as Olaf
Age at release: 29
- Deborah Kerr as Kari Alstad
Age at release: 20
- Elizabeth Mann as Gerda
Age at release: Unknown
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- Beckett Bould as Bergen, Spokesman of Langedal
Age at release: 61
- Gus McNaughton as Army Sergeant
Age at release: 60
- Henry Hewitt as Jack, News Editor
Age at release: 56
- George Carney as Harry, Soldier in Fleet Street Pub
Age at release: 54
- Brefni O'Rorke as Political Journalist
Age at release: 52
- George Merritt as German Trawler Captain
Age at release: 51
- Henry Oscar as Newspaper Editor
Age at release: 50
- David Horne as Evans, Foreign Editor
Age at release: 43
- H Victor Weske as Heinrich
Age at release: 42
- John Salew as "Man-in-the-Street" in Fleet Street Pub
Age at release: 40
- John Warwick as Milligan, Reporter in Fleet Street Pub
Age at release: 37
- Gerhard Kempinski as Barman, Bia Tonne in Oslo
Age at release: 36
- Bernard Miles as McAllister (Irish Soldier)
Age at release: 34
- John Boxer as U-Boat Commander
Age at release: 33
- Meriel Forbes as Milly, the Barmaid
Age at release: 28
- Philip Friend as Pilot
Age at release: 27
- Patricia Medina as Ingrid
Age at release: 22
- George Spence as Norwegian Villager (uncredited)
Age at release: 14
- Olaf Olsen as Langedal's Schoolmaster
Age at release: Unknown