We Dive At Dawn

Action, Drama, War

John Mills	Captain - Lt. Freddie Taylor
Louis Bradfield	1st Officer - Lt. Brace
Ronald Millar	3rd Officer - Lt. Johnson
Jack Watling	Navigating Officer - Lt. Gordon
Reginald Purdell	Coxswain - CPO Dicky Dabbs
Caven Watson	Chief Engine Room Artificer - CPO Duncan
Niall MacGinnis	Torpedo Gunner's Mate - CPO Mike 'T.I.' Corrigan
Eric Portman	Hydrophones - LS James Hobson
Leslie Weston	Leading Torpedo Operator - LS Tug Wilson
Norman Williams	Periscope Operator - 'Canada'
Niall Mac Ginnis	CPO Mike Corrigan
Joan Hopkins	Ethel Dabbs
Josephine Wilson	Alice Hobson

Director	Anthony Asquith
Producer	Edward Black
Writer	Frank Launder; Val Valentine

We Dive at Dawn (1943) tells of the encounter between a British submarine and a German warship in the Baltic Sea. John Mills gives a dependable performance as the submarine commander, with Eric Portman the pick of a strong supporting cast. Director Anthony Asquith finds the balance between action sequences and "in situ" dialogue, and there's an evocative score from Louis Levy. The film has long been underrated and deserves reappraisal.--Richard Whitehouse