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.
Charles Tingwell
Terry Regan
Guy Doleman
Warren Melville
Queenie Ashton
Molly Regan
Betty McDowall
Patricia
Douglas Herald
The Commodore
Charles Zoli
Scotty McGrath
Russell Jarrett
Dixie Dean
Max Gibb
Bill Carson
