The Day Will Dawn (1942)
- Directed by
- Harold French
- Genre
- drama film, war film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Rated
- PG
- Rating
- 6.0 of 10 from 6 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
British agents try to sabotage a Nazi base in Norway during World War II. The story follows their mission and the people they encounter.
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What happens
The Day Will Dawn, released in the US as The Avengers, is a 1942 British war film set in Norway during World War II. It stars Ralph Richardson, Deborah Kerr, Hugh Williams and Griffith Jones, and was directed by Harold French from a script written by Anatole de Grunwald, Patrick Kirwan and Terence Rattigan, based on a story by Frank Owen. The music by Richard Addinsell was performed by the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Muir Mathieson. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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