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We Dive at Dawn

A Tense Drama Of Under-The-Sea Heroism !
1943 | 98m | English

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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...
Release Date: Apr 15, 1943
Director: Anthony Asquith
Writer: Val Valentine, J.B. Williams, Frank Launder
Genres: Action, War, Drama
Keywords submarine, sea, world war ii, navy, royal navy, baltic sea, british navy
Production Companies Gainsborough Pictures
Box Office Revenue: $0
Budget: $0
Updates Updated: Jan 29, 2026
Entered: Apr 27, 2024
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Full Credits

Name Character
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
Name Job
Val Valentine Writer
J.B. Williams Writer
Anthony Asquith Director
Hubert Bath Music
Jack E. Cox Director of Photography
Frank Launder Writer
R. E. Dearing Editor
Name Title
Edward Black Producer
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Geronimo1967
7.0

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.

Jun 26, 2022