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The Day Will Dawn

6.019421h 38mPGMovieDramaWar

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…

DirectorHarold French
WritersAnatole de Grunwald·Terence Rattigan
ProducerPaul Soskin

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Cast · Directed by Harold French

HWHugh Williams
Hugh Williams
Colin Metcalfe
GJGriffith Jones
Griffith Jones
Police Inspector Gunter (as Griffiths Jones)
DKDeborah Kerr
Deborah Kerr
Kari Alstad
RRRalph Richardson
Ralph Richardson
Frank Lockwood
FSFrancis L. Sullivan
Francis L. Sullivan
Kommandant Ulrich Wettau
RCRoland Culver
Roland Culver
Cmdr. Pittwaters
FCFinlay Currie
Finlay Currie
Capt. Alstad
NMNiall MacGinnis
Niall MacGinnis
Olaf
EM
Elizabeth Mann
Gerda
RHRaymond Huntley
Raymond Huntley
PMPatricia Medina
Patricia Medina
Ingrid
RPRoland Pertwee
Roland Pertwee
Capt. Waverley

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