The Avengers (1942)

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98 min - Drama | War - 8 June 1942 (UK)

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Horse race tipster and journalist Metcalfe is picked for the job of foreign correspondent in Norway when Hitler invades Poland... See full summary »

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Hugh Williams	...	Colin Metcalfe
	Griffith Jones	...	Police Inspector Gunter (as Griffiths Jones)
	Deborah Kerr	...	Kari Alstad
	Ralph Richardson	...	Frank Lockwood
	Francis L. Sullivan	...	Kommandant Ulrich Wettau (as Francis L.Sullivan)
	Roland Culver	...	Cmdr. Pittwaters
	Finlay Currie	...	Capt. Alstad
	Niall MacGinnis	...	Olaf
	Elizabeth Mann	...	Gerda
	Raymond Huntley	...	Norwegian Under Secretary (scenes deleted)
	Patricia Medina	...	Ingrid
	Roland Pertwee	...	Capt. Waverley - Naval Intelligence
	Henry Oscar	...	Newspaper Editor
	David Horne	...	Evans, Foreign Editor
	Henry Hewitt	...	Jack, News Editor

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Storyline

Horse race tipster and journalist Metcalfe is picked for the job of foreign correspondent in Norway when Hitler invades Poland. On the way to Norway his boat is attacked by a German U-Boat, however when he tells the navy about it they disbelief him and, to make matters worse, he is removed from his job. When German forces invade Norway, Metcalfe returns determined to uncover what is going on and stop the Germans in their tracks. Written by Bob the Moo

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Plot Keywords:

Norway | Journalist | Beautiful Woman | World War Two

Genres:

Drama | War

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Language:

English

Release Date:

8 June 1942 (UK) See more »

Also Known As:

El día amanecerá See more »

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paul Soskin Productions See more »

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

98 min | UK: 99 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

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Trivia

Film debut of Valentine Dyall. See more »

Goofs

Revealing mistakes: At the end of the film when the soldiers and civilians board the landing craft, one grabs the post of the craft allowing it to move from side to side, this would not happen if it was metal, you can clearly see it is a prop made of wood. See more »

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 (Winston Churchill)
In the
United States Senate
26-12-1941 See more »

Soundtracks

"Rule Brittania"
(uncredited)
Lyrics by James Thomson
Music by Thomas Augustine Arne
Sung in bar in Norway See more »