Drama History War
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
Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell
Written by
Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell
David Farrar
Narrator
Christopher Lee
Manolo
Barry Foster
Bill Roper - Capt. Bell's Messenger, HMS Exeter
Donald Moffat
Swanston - Lookout, HMS Ajax (uncredited)
Patrick Macnee
Lieutenant Commander Medley, R.N.
Anthony Quayle
Commodore Harwood - H.M.S. Ajax
Bernard Lee
Captain Dove - M.S. Africa Shell
William Squire
Ray Martin
John Le Mesurier
Reverend George Groves - Padre, HMS Exeter
Patrick Jordan
Signalman, Aft-Conning, HMS Exeter (uncredited)
Anthony Newley
Radio Operator, Tairoa, Prisoner on Admiral Graf Spee
Peter Finch
Captain Langsdorff, "Admiral Graf Spee"
Douglas Wilmer
M. Desmoulins, French Minister, Montevideo
Jeremy Kemp
Gunner, HMS Achilles (uncredited)
John Gregson
Captain Bell - H.M.S. Exeter
Ian Hunter
Captain Woodhouse - H.M.S. Ajax
Jack Gwillim
Captain Parry - H.M.N. Z. S. Achilles
Nigel Stock
Chief Officer, Tairoa, Prisoner on Admiral Graf Spee
Howard Lang
Guns - HMS Exeter (uncredited)
Brian Worth
Radio Operator, Doric Star, Prisoner on Graf Spee
Michael Goodliffe
Captain McCall, R.N., British Naval Attache, Buenos Aires
Andrew Cruickshank
Captain Stubbs, 'Doric Star'
Tony Wager
Lookout, HMS Ajax
Cyril Luckham
Lieutenant Jasper Abbot, H.M.S. Achilles
Roger Delgado
Captain Varela, Uruguayan Navy
Ambrosine Phillpotts
Mrs. Millington-Drake, Montevideo
Anthony Bushell
Sir Millington Drake, British Minister, Montevideo
Lionel Murton
Mike Fowler
Peter Illing
Dr. Guani, Foreign Minister, Uruguay
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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