The Day Will Dawn

Release Date: 1942-06-08

Overview: 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. (Note: The film was released in the United States under the alternate title The Avengers (1942).)

Rating: 5.6 / 10

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