The Day Will Dawn (1942)

Director

• Harold French

Starring

• Ralph Richardson
• Deborah Kerr
• Hugh Williams
• Finlay Currie
• Francis L Sullivan

Last On

14:55-17:00 Mon 25th Oct 2021 120m
Film4

Synopsis

Markedly less restrained than many other British tales of wartime resistance, this well-meaning flag-waver is far more effective than the majority of have-a-go Hollywood movies on the same theme. The story of a British journalist liaising with the Norwegian underground to help destroy a German U-boat base is merely par for the course - what sets this apart is a remarkable cast of British stalwarts, not one of whom puts a foot wrong. Special mention should be made, however, of Deborah Kerr, who lends quiet courage to an unrewarding romantic part, and Francis L Sullivan, who makes a most malevolent Nazi.