The Day Will Dawn |
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The Day Will Dawn - 1942 | 100mins | War | B&WThe Production TeamDirector: Harold
French. Associate Producer: Paul Soskin. Script: Anatole de Grunwald, Patrick Kirwan, Frank Owen and Terence Rattigan. Cinematography: Cyril J. Knowles. Editing: Michael C. Chorlton. Art Direction: William C. Andrews. Sound: A.W. Watkins. Music: Richard Addinsell. Music Direction: Muir Mathieson. |
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The CastHugh Williams - Colin Metcalfe Griffiths Jones - Inspector Gunter Deborah Kerr - Kari Alstead Ralph Richardson - Frank Lockwood Francis L. Sullivan - Kommondant Wettau Roland Culver - Naval Attache Finlay Currie - Captain Alstead Niall MacGinnis - Olaf Elizabeth Mann - Gerda Bernard Miles - McAllister |
Plot SynopsisThe Day Will Dawn is a World War Two adventure starring Hugh Williams as Metcalfe, the masterminds of a daring sabotage plot. After being forced out of Norway by the German invasion, Metcalfe is parachuted by the Allies into Norway to lead a raid on a heavily camouflaged German U-boat installation. Aided by patriotic Norwegian seaman Alstad (Finlay Currie), Metcalfe completes his task. He is distracted when he falls in love with a local girl Kari (Deborah Kerr), who unintentionally leads him into danger. |
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