The Day Will Dawn

The Day Will Dawn - 1942 | 100mins | War | B&W

The Production Team

Director: 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.

The Cast

Hugh 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 Synopsis

The 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.