The Day Will Dawn

The Day Will Dawn

98 mins | Drama, War | June 8, 1942

Sports journalist Colin Metcalfe is picked for the job of foreign correspondent in Norway when Hitler invades Poland. On the way to Langedal his boat is attacked by a German U-Boat, however when he tells the navy about it they do not believe him and, to make matters worse, he is removed from his job. When German forces invade Norway, Metcalfe returns determined to uncover what is going on and stop the Germans in their tracks.

The Day Will Dawn

98 mins | Drama, War | June 8, 1942

The Day Will Dawn
Sports journalist Colin Metcalfe is picked for the job of foreign correspondent in Norway when Hitler invades Poland. On the way to Langedal his boat is attacked by a German U-Boat, however when he tells the navy about it they do not believe him and, to make matters worse, he is removed from his job. When German forces invade Norway, Metcalfe returns determined to uncover what is going on and stop the Germans in their tracks.
IMDb rating 6.1
Producers Paul Soskin Productions
Original title The Day Will Dawn
Directors E.J. Holding, Harold French
Writers Patrick Kirwan, Terence Rattigan, Anatole de Grunwald, Frank Owen

Cast

Hugh Williams

as Colin Metcalfe

Griffith Jones

as Police Inspector Gunter (as Griffiths Jones)

Deborah Kerr

as Kari Alstad

Ralph Richardson

as Frank Lockwood

Francis L. Sullivan

as Kommandant Ulrich Wettau

Roland Culver

as Cmdr. Pittwaters

Finlay Currie

as Capt. Alstad

Niall MacGinnis

as Olaf

Elizabeth Mann

as Gerda

Patricia Medina

as Ingrid

Roland Pertwee

as Capt. Waverley

Henry Oscar

as Newspaper Editor

David Horne

as Evans, Foreign Editor

Henry Hewitt

as Jack, News Editor

John Warwick

as Milligan, Reporter in Fleet Street Pub

Brefni O'Rorke

as Political Journalist

Bernard Miles

as McAllister (Irish Soldier)

Beckett Bould

as Bergen, Spokesman of Langedal

Olaf Olsen

as Langedal's Schoolmaster

Gus McNaughton

as Army Sergeant

George Carney

as Harry, Soldier in Fleet Street Pub

John Salew

as "Man-in-the-Street" in Fleet Street Pub

Meriel Forbes

as Milly, the Barmaid

Philip Friend

as Pilot

George Merritt

as German Trawler Captain

John Boxer

as U-Boat Commander

H Victor Weske

as Heinrich

Gerhard Kempinski

as Barman, Bia Tonne in Oslo