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The Avengers

Original title: The Day Will Dawn
  • 1942
  • Approved
  • 1h 27m
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
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Deborah Kerr, Griffith Jones, Ralph Richardson, and Hugh Williams in The Avengers (1942)
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A British journalist working in Norway during WWII finds himself hunted by the Germans when he's tasked with a secret combat mission, while the daughter of a Norwegian sea captain helps the ... Read allA British journalist working in Norway during WWII finds himself hunted by the Germans when he's tasked with a secret combat mission, while the daughter of a Norwegian sea captain helps the Brits combat the Nazi menace.A British journalist working in Norway during WWII finds himself hunted by the Germans when he's tasked with a secret combat mission, while the daughter of a Norwegian sea captain helps the Brits combat the Nazi menace.

  • Director
    • Harold French
  • Writers
    • Frank Owen
    • Terence Rattigan
    • Anatole de Grunwald
  • Stars
    • Hugh Williams
    • Griffith Jones
    • Deborah Kerr
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    6.1/10
    685
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Harold French
    • Writers
      • Frank Owen
      • Terence Rattigan
      • Anatole de Grunwald
    • Stars
      • Hugh Williams
      • Griffith Jones
      • Deborah Kerr
    • 17User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
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    Top Cast82

    Hugh Williams
    Hugh Williams
    • Colin Metcalfe
    Griffith Jones
    Griffith Jones
    • Police Inspector Gunter
    • (as Griffiths Jones)
    Deborah Kerr
    Deborah Kerr
    • Kari Alstad
    Ralph Richardson
    Ralph Richardson
    • Frank Lockwood
    Francis L. Sullivan
    Francis L. Sullivan
    • Kommandant Ulrich Wettau
    Roland Culver
    Roland Culver
    • Cmdr. Pittwaters
    Finlay Currie
    Finlay Currie
    • Capt. Alstad
    Niall MacGinnis
    Niall MacGinnis
    • Olaf
    Elizabeth Mann
    • Gerda
    Raymond Huntley
    Raymond Huntley
    • Norwegian Under Secretary
    • (scenes deleted)
    Patricia Medina
    Patricia Medina
    • Ingrid
    Roland Pertwee
    Roland Pertwee
    • Capt. Waverley - Naval Intelligence
    Henry Oscar
    Henry Oscar
    • Newspaper Editor
    David Horne
    David Horne
    • Evans, Foreign Editor
    Henry Hewitt
    • Jack, News Editor
    John Warwick
    John Warwick
    • Milligan, Reporter in Fleet Street Pub
    Brefni O'Rorke
    Brefni O'Rorke
    • Political Journalist
    Bernard Miles
    Bernard Miles
    • McAllister (Irish Soldier)
    • Director
      • Harold French
    • Writers
      • Frank Owen
      • Terence Rattigan
      • Anatole de Grunwald
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    Did you know

    • Trivia
      The shot of the wooden building being blown up towards the end was from one of the British Commando raids on the Norwegian coast. These were usually to attack things like fish-oil processing plants. Various other extracts from newsreels or other reality footage were inserted into this film at various points.
    • Goofs
      Metcalf takes off in a Wellington aircraft and parachutes from a Whitley.
    • Quotes
      • Milligan, Reporter in Fleet Street Pub: This is the man in the street, Frank, the average man. And he's asking you a question the average man in the street wants answering. World war over Danzig?
      • "Man-in-the-Street" in Fleet Street Pub: That's right. As you say, Danzig's only a small place.
      • Frank Lockwood: So was Thermopylae. And Verdun. And Madrid. All very small places. Big enough to bury the people that hadn't the guts to fight for them. Did you ever hear Hitler laugh?
      • [Man shakes head]
      • Frank Lockwood: I did. I was in Vienna when he entered the city in triumph. "Providence has sent me here to save you," he bellowed to the mob of his followers. "And Heaven help all those that have been against me." And then he laughed. It's a kind of mad laugh. And they all laughed too, in the same way. They were baying for blood. Hitler was giving it to them. We're in this for our own sweet selves. If we want to save our skins we've got to fight.
    • Crazy credits
      Postscript on screen: "In a dozen famous ancient states, now prostrate under the Nazi yoke, the masses of the people, all classes and creeds, await the hour of liberation, when they, too, will be able once again to play their part and strike their blows like men. That hour will strike, and its solemn peal will proclaim that the night is past and that the dawn has come."

      The PRIME MINISTER In the SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 26 · 12 · 1941
    • Soundtracks
      Rule Brittania
      (uncredited)

      Lyrics by James Thomson

      Music by Thomas Augustine Arne

      Sung in bar in Norway

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    Details

    • Release date
      • June 8, 1942 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Languages
      • English
      • German
    • Also known as
      • The Day Will Dawn
    • Filming locations
      • D&P Studios, Denham, Uxbridge, Buckinghamshire, England, UK(studio: made at D&P Studios England)
    • Production company
      • Paul Soskin Productions
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    Tech specs

    • Runtime
      • 1h 27m(87 min)
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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