Overview
The Day Will Dawn is a British war film first released in 1942,
directed by Harold French.
The film stars Hugh Williams, Griffith Jones, Deborah Kerr, Ralph Richardson and Francis L. Sullivan.
It has also been released under the title: The Avengers.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
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Credits
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Director: Harold French
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Script: Anatole de Grunwald, Patrick Kirwan, Frank Owen, Terence Rattigan
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Photo: Bernard Knowles
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Music: Richard Addinsell
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Cast: Hugh Williams (Colin Metcalfe),
Griffith Jones (Police Inspector Gunter),
Deborah Kerr (Kari Alstad),
Ralph Richardson (Frank Lockwood),
Francis L. Sullivan (Kommandant Ulrich Wettau),
Roland Culver (Cmdr. Pittwaters),
Finlay Currie (Capt. Alstad),
Niall MacGinnis (Olaf),
Elizabeth Mann (Gerda),
Raymond Huntley (Norwegian Under Secretary (scenes deleted)),
Patricia Medina (Ingrid),
Roland Pertwee (Capt. Waverley – Naval Intelligence),
Henry Oscar (Newspaper Editor),
David Horne (Evans, Foreign Editor),
Henry Hewitt (Jack, News Editor),
John Warwick (Milligan, Reporter in Fleet Street Pub),
Brefni O’Rorke (Political Journalist),
Bernard Miles (McAllister (Irish Soldier)),
Beckett Bould (Bergen, Spokesman of Langedal),
Olaf Olsen (Langedal’s Schoolmaster),
Gus McNaughton (Army Sergeant),
George Carney (Harry, Soldier in Fleet Street Pub),
John Salew ("Man-in-the-Street" in Fleet Street Pub),
Meriel Forbes (Milly, the Barmaid),
Philip Friend (Pilot),
George Merritt (German Trawler Captain),
John Boxer (U-Boat Commander),
H Victor Weske (Heinrich),
Gerhard Kempinski (Barman, Bia Tonne in Oslo),
Ronald Adam (Daily Express Reporter in Phone Booth),
Peter Cozens (Norwegian Sailor),
Valentine Dyall (German Guard at Cell Door Hatchway),
Gordon Glennon (Lieutenant at Cherbourg),
Madeleine Godar (Baker’s wife),
Vincent Holman (Sergeant-Major at Evacuation),
James Knight (Village Postmaster),
Harry Locke,
Johnnie Schofield (Soldier in Fleet Street Pub with Harry),
John Slater (American Reporter In Oslo Hotel),
George Street (Bit Role),
Robert Brooks Turner (German Engineer),
Jack Watling (Lieutenant),
George Woodbridge (Journalist Sitting at Bar in Pub),
Dennis Wyndham (Village Baker)
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Country: UK
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Language: English
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Runtime: 98 min; B&W
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Aka: The Avengers
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