The Day Will Dawn (1942)
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.
Director:
Harold French
Writers:
Terence Rattigan, Anatole de Grunwald, Patrick Kirwan.
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Hugh Williams as Colin Metcalfe |
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Griffith Jones as Police Inspector Gunter (as Griffiths Jones) |
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Deborah Kerr as Kari Alstad |
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Ralph Richardson as Frank Lockwood |
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Francis L. Sullivan as Kommandant Ulrich Wettau |
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Roland Culver as Cmdr. Pittwaters |
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Finlay Currie as Capt. Alstad |
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Niall MacGinnis as Olaf |
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Elizabeth Mann as Gerda |
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Raymond Huntley as |
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Patricia Medina as Ingrid |
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Roland Pertwee as Capt. Waverley |
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Henry Oscar as Newspaper Editor |
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David Horne as Evans, Foreign Editor |
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Henry Hewitt as Jack, News Editor |
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John Warwick as Milligan, Reporter in Fleet Street Pub |
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Brefni O'Rorke as Political Journalist |
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Bernard Miles as McAllister (Irish Soldier) |
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Beckett Bould as Bergen, Spokesman of Langedal |
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Olaf Olsen as Langedal's Schoolmaster |
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Gus McNaughton as Army Sergeant |
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George Carney as Harry, Soldier in Fleet Street Pub |
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John Salew as "Man-in-the-Street" in Fleet Street Pub |
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Meriel Forbes as Milly, the Barmaid |
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Philip Friend as Pilot |
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George Merritt as German Trawler Captain |
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John Boxer as U-Boat Commander |
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H Victor Weske as Heinrich |
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Gerhard Kempinski as Barman, Bia Tonne in Oslo |
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George Spence as Norwegian Villager (uncredited) |
| Directing | Harold French | Director |
| Writing | Frank Owen | Story |
| Writing | Terence Rattigan | Screenplay |
| Writing | Anatole de Grunwald | Screenplay |
| Writing | Patrick Kirwan | Screenplay |
| Production | Paul Soskin | Producer |
| Sound | Richard Addinsell | Music |
| Editing | Michael C. Chorlton | Editor |
| Art | William C. Andrews | Art Direction |
| Camera | Cyril J. Knowles | Director of Photography |
| Sound | C. C. Stevens | Sound Recordist |
| Crew | Terence Rattigan | Treatment |
| Crew | Anatole de Grunwald | Treatment |
| Crew | Patrick Kirwan | Treatment |
| Sound | Muir Mathieson | Conductor |
| Production | Harold Boxall | Executive In Charge Of Production |
| Lighting | Bernard Knowles | Lighting Manager |
| Sound | A.W. Watkins | Sound Supervisor |
| Directing | E.J. Holding | Assistant Director |
| Production | Tom White | Production Manager |