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The Battle of the River Plate
1956, Oct 30
1h 59m
In the early years of the World War II, the Royal Navy is fighting a desperate battle to keep the Atlantic convoy routes open to supply the British Isles, facing the great danger posed by the many German warships, such as the Admiral Graf Spee, which are scouring the ocean for cargo ships to sink.
Directed by
Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Written by
Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
David Farrar
Narrator
Anthony Quayle
Commodore Harwood - H.M.S. Ajax
Christopher Lee
Manolo
Barry Foster
Bill Roper - Capt. Bell's Messenger, HMS Exeter
Bernard Lee
Captain Dove - M.S. Africa Shell
Patrick Jordan
Signalman, Aft-Conning, HMS Exeter (uncredited)
Donald Moffat
Swanston - Lookout, HMS Ajax (uncredited)
Jeremy Kemp
Gunner, HMS Achilles (uncredited)
Patrick Macnee
Lieutenant Commander Medley, R.N.
William Squire
Ray Martin
Peter Finch
Captain Langsdorff, "Admiral Graf Spee"
John Le Mesurier
Reverend George Groves - Padre, HMS Exeter
Nigel Stock
Chief Officer, Tairoa, Prisoner on Admiral Graf Spee
Douglas Wilmer
M. Desmoulins, French Minister, Montevideo
Ian Hunter
Captain Woodhouse - H.M.S. Ajax
Roger Delgado
Captain Varela, Uruguayan Navy
Michael Goodliffe
Captain McCall, R.N., British Naval Attache, Buenos Aires
Anthony Newley
Radio Operator, Tairoa, Prisoner on Admiral Graf Spee
John Gregson
Captain Bell - H.M.S. Exeter
Tony Wager
Lookout, HMS Ajax
Howard Lang
Guns - HMS Exeter (uncredited)
Jack Gwillim
Captain Parry - H.M.N. Z. S. Achilles
Brian Worth
Radio Operator, Doric Star, Prisoner on Graf Spee
Andrew Cruickshank
Captain Stubbs, 'Doric Star'
Anthony Bushell
Sir Millington Drake, British Minister, Montevideo
Peter Illing
Dr. Guani, Foreign Minister, Uruguay
Ambrosine Phillpotts
Mrs. Millington-Drake, Montevideo
Cyril Luckham
Lieutenant Jasper Abbot, H.M.S. Achilles
Lionel Murton
Mike Fowler
John Chandos
Dr. Langmann, German Minister, Montevideo
Edward Atienza
Pop
April Olrich
Dolores
George Murcell
Chief Officer, Newton Beach
Patrick Westwood
Archer, HMS Ajax
Chris Adcock
British Seaman (Prisoner on Graf Spee) (uncredited)
Michael Collins
Chief Yeoman, HMS Ajax (uncredited)
Richard Beale
Capt. Pottinger (uncredited)
John Forbes-Robertson
Lt. McBarnett, HMS Exeter (uncredited)
Patrick Dove
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