We Dive at Dawn

Release Date: 1943-04-15

Overview: 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 hatches a plan...

Rating: 6.4 / 10

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.

Crew

Anthony Asquith - Director
Val Valentine - Writer
J.B. Williams - Writer
Edward Black - Producer
Hubert Bath - Music

Reviews

CinemaSerf:

A cracking wartime adventure about a submarine tasked with tracking down and destroying the new Nazi battleship "Brandenburg". The added authenticity of this being actually made during the war is hard...