We Dive at Dawn

We Dive at Dawn

98 mins | War | April 15, 1943

A gripping tale of WWII naval warfare in the Baltics, starring John Mills as Lt. Freddie Taylor, a British submarine Captain. The crew of the Sea Tiger are summoned from leave on shore with their families, and sent on a secret mission to intercept the Nazi battleship Brandenburg. In the ensuing battle the British submarine is damaged by a German destroyer. The submarine is leaking fuel so badly that the crew won't be able to make it back to Britain before running out somewhere along the Danish coast. When it seems that their only option may be to blow up the submarine and try to escape to Denmark, seaman James Hobson (Eric Portman) hatches a plan...Working from a well constructed script, Anthony Asquith adds a strong sense of dramatic tension to the interactions between the men in the dangerous, claustraphobic atmosphere of the cramped submarine. Mills and Portman also give good, realistic portrayals of men at war in this tense story.

We Dive at Dawn

98 mins | War | April 15, 1943

We Dive at Dawn
A gripping tale of WWII naval warfare in the Baltics, starring John Mills as Lt. Freddie Taylor, a British submarine Captain. The crew of the Sea Tiger are summoned from leave on shore with their families, and sent on a secret mission to intercept the Nazi battleship Brandenburg. In the ensuing battle the British submarine is damaged by a German destroyer. The submarine is leaking fuel so badly that the crew won't be able to make it back to Britain before running out somewhere along the Danish coast. When it seems that their only option may be to blow up the submarine and try to escape to Denmark, seaman James Hobson (Eric Portman) hatches a plan...Working from a well constructed script, Anthony Asquith adds a strong sense of dramatic tension to the interactions between the men in the dangerous, claustraphobic atmosphere of the cramped submarine. Mills and Portman also give good, realistic portrayals of men at war in this tense story.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers
Original title We Dive at Dawn
Directors Anthony Asquith
Writers J.B. Williams, Val Valentine

Cast

John Mills

as Lt. Taylor RN

Eric Portman

as L/S Hobson

Louis Bradfield

as First Officer - Lt. Brace, R.N.R.

Ronald Millar

as Third Officer - Lt. Johnson, RNVR

Jack Watling

as Navigating Officer - Lt. Gordon, R.N.

Reginald Purdell

as Coxwain - C / P.O. Dabbs

Caven Watson

as Chief Engine Room Artificer - C / P.O. Duncan

Niall MacGinnis

as Torpedo Gunner's Mate - C / P.O. Mike Corrigan

Leslie Weston

as Leading Torpedo Operator - L / S Tug Wilson

Norman Williams

as Periscope Operator - 'Canada'

Lionel Grose

as Torpedo Operator - 'Spud'

David Peel

as Helmsman - 'Oxford'

Philip Godfrey

as Steward - 'Flunkey'

Walter Gotell

as Luftwaffe Captain