We Dive at Dawn (1943)
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52% of users liked it
(75 ratings)
After several months' heavy war duty, the crew of the British submarine Sea Tiger is enjoying a much-deserved leave, when suddenly they're called back to active duty. Sub commander John Mills has been ordered to pursue and sink the formidable German battleship Brandenburg. A series of… More After several months' heavy war duty, the crew of the British submarine Sea Tiger is enjoying a much-deserved leave, when suddenly they're called back to active duty. Sub commander John Mills has been ordered to pursue and sink the formidable German battleship Brandenburg. A series of nailbiting seaborne perils, each one more life-threatening than the last, awaits the Sea Tiger as Mills endeavors to carry out his orders. Setting the British We Dive at Dawn apart from the usual Hollywood submarine epic is the fact that all the characters-include the senior officers-are between the ages of 19 and 23; There's no room for an "old sea dog" Alan Hale or Charles Bickford in this one. Though modestly produced, We Dive at Dawn offers a million dollars (or a million pounds)' worth of pulse-pounding excitement. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Anthony Asquith
- Genres
- Classics, Action & Adventure
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- May 20, 1943 Wide
Critic Reviews
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John J. Puccio, Movie Metropolis
...it's a war movie for grown-ups, a movie to enjoy for more than just watching things blow up.
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John J. Puccio, Movie Metropolis
...because we care about the characters, we get caught up in the suspense.
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Better than average understated WWII submarine drama from England.
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Cast
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Eric Portman
as James Hobson
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John Mills
as Lt. Freddie Taylor
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Reginald Purdell
as CPO Coxswain Dicky Dabbs
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Niall MacGinnis
as CPO Mike Corrigan
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Louis Bradfield
as Lt. Brace
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Joan Hopkins
as Ethel Dabbs
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Jack Watling
as Lt. Gordon
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Ronald Millar
as Lt. Johnson
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Josephine Wilson
as Alice Hobson
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Leslie Weston
as Tug Wilson
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Norman Williams
as Canada
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Lionel Grose
as Spud
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Caven Watson
as Engineer CPO Duncan
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Marie Ault
as Mrs. Metcalfe
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Frederick Burtwell
as Sidney Biggs
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Phillip Friend
as Humphries
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David Peel
as Helmsman 'Oxford'
- Bryan Powley
- Charles Russell
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John Salew
as Drake
- John Slater
- Merle Tottenham
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Beatrice Varley
as Mrs. Dabbs
- Johnnie Schofield
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Robert Wilton
as Cook 'Pincher'
- John Redmond
- Molly Johnson
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Philip Godfrey
as Steward 'Flunkey'
- Franklin Bennett
- George Cross
- Kenneth Evans
- Gerik Schjelderup
