Always Another Dawn
5.5
Featuring Charles 'Bud' Tingwell in only his second film and first lead role, which helped prepare him for his part in the 1953 World War Two Hollywood action drama, 'The Desert Rats'. 'Always Another Dawn' celebrates the Australian Navy's contribution to the Allied victory in WW2. The ship (Dauntless) is based on the real-life HMAS Yarra, which was sunk by a Japanese cruiser squadron on 4 March 1942 with 138 lives lost. Assisted by the Royal Australian Navy, filming took place at Flinders Naval Depot Melbourne and aboard the destroyer HMAS Bataan.
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Cast
18 people
Charles Tingwell
Terry Regan
Known for
Murder Most Foul
Evil Angels
Guy Doleman
Warren Melville
Known for
Thunderball
The Ipcress File
T.O. McCreadie
Queenie Ashton
Molly Regan
Also in
Warming Up
The Year My Voice Broke
Zelma Roberts
Betty McDowall
Patricia
Known for
First Men in the Moon
Douglas Herald
The Commodore
Also in
Q Ships
Johnny-on-the-Spot
Charles Zoli
Scotty McGrath
Also in
Forty Thousand Horsemen
Russell Jarrett
Dixie Dean
No other roles listed
Max Gibb
Bill Carson
No other roles listed
Frank Waters
Commander Regan
Also in
Double Trouble
Brian Farmer
Kanga Campbell
T.O. McCreadie Director · Harry Malcolm Cinematographer Alex Ezard Editor
Budget $330K · First release September 24, 1948 · Produced in Australia
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Budget
$330,000
Production
Embassy Pictures
Production
Australia
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Australia · September 24, 1948
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
United Kingdom
May 11, 1949 · Theatrical · shortened 73 min version, still available
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