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