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