We Dive at Dawn (1943)

64% User Rating

1h 38min

"A Tense Drama Of Under-The-Sea Heroism !"

A gripping tale of WWII naval warfare in the Baltics, starring John Mills as Lt. Freddie Taylor, a British submarine Captain. The crew of the Sea Tiger are summoned from leave on shore with their families, and sent on a secret mission to intercept the Nazi battleship Brandenburg. In the ensuing battle the British submarine is damaged by a German destroyer. The submarine is leaking fuel so badly that the crew won't be able to make it back to Britain before running out somewhere along the Danish coast. When it seems that their only option may be to blow up the submarine and try to escape to Denmark, seaman James Hobson hatches a plan...

Anthony AsquithDirector

Cast

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John Mills

Lt. Taylor RN

Eric Portman

L/S Hobson

Louis Bradfield

First Officer - Lt. Brace, R.N.R.

Ronald Millar

Third Officer - Lt. Johnson, RNVR

Jack Watling

Navigating Officer - Lt. Gordon, R.N.

Reginald Purdell

Coxwain - C / P.O. Dabbs

Caven Watson

Chief Engine Room Artificer - C / P.O. Duncan

Niall MacGinnis

Torpedo Gunner's Mate - C / P.O. Mike Corrigan

Leslie Weston

Leading Torpedo Operator - L / S Tug Wilson

Norman Williams

Periscope Operator - 'Canada'

Lionel Grose

Torpedo Operator - 'Spud'

David Peel

Helmsman - 'Oxford'

Philip Godfrey

Steward - 'Flunkey'

Walter Gotell

Luftwaffe Captain

Marie Ault

Victor Beaumont

Frederick Burtwell

Franklyn Bennett

George Cross

Kenneth Evans

Ian Fleming

Philip Friend

Pat Hagan

Vincent Holman

Joan Hopkins

Vi Kaley

Olaf Olsen

Bryan Powley

John Salew

Gerik Schjelderup

Johnnie Schofield

Ian Selby

John Slater

Joan Sterndale-Bennett

Vi Stevens

Merle Tottenham

David Trickett

Robert Brooks Turner

Beatrice Varley

Ben Williams

Ian Wilson

Josephine Wilson

Reviews (1)

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CinemaSerf

Rating 70%

June 26, 2022

A cracking wartime adventure about a submarine tasked with tracking down and destroying the new Nazi battleship "Brandenburg". The added authenticity of this being actually made during the war is hard to overstate; there is a palpable tension as Eric Portman and John Mills take centre stage in this - admittedly "flag waving" production. Featuring a daring raid on a fuel dump, a tense cat-and-mouse chase, and giving more than a nod to the concomitant problems faced by the families left behind ashore; this is a taut and convincing tale of underwater seamanship.