The Battle of the River Plate
Drama
History
War
Pursuit of the Graf Spee
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.
1956-10-30
en
Cast
Director
Emeric Pressburger
Director
Michael Powell
John Gregson as Captain Bell - H.M.S. Exeter
Anthony Quayle as Commodore Harwood - H.M.S. Ajax
Ian Hunter as Captain Woodhouse - H.M.S. Ajax
Jack Gwillim as Captain Parry - H.M.N. Z. S. Achilles
Bernard Lee as Captain Dove - M.S. Africa Shell
Lionel Murton as Mike Fowler
Anthony Bushell as Sir Millington Drake, British Minister, Montevideo
Peter Illing as Dr. Guani, Foreign Minister, Uruguay
Michael Goodliffe as Captain McCall, R.N., British Naval Attache, Buenos Aires
Patrick Macnee as Lieutenant Commander Medley, R.N.
John Chandos as Dr. Langmann, German Minister, Montevideo
Douglas Wilmer as M. Desmoulins, French Minister, Montevideo
William Squire as Ray Martin
Roger Delgado as Captain Varela, Uruguayan Navy
Andrew Cruickshank as Captain Stubbs, 'Doric Star'
Christopher Lee as Manolo
Peter Finch as Captain Langsdorff, "Admiral Graf Spee"
David Farrar as Narrator
John Le Mesurier as Reverend George Groves - Padre, HMS Exeter
Cyril Luckham as Lieutenant Jasper Abbot, H.M.S. Achilles
Anthony Newley as Radio Operator, Tairoa, Prisoner on Admiral Graf Spee
Nigel Stock as Chief Officer, Tairoa, Prisoner on Admiral Graf Spee
Barry Foster as Bill Roper - Capt. Bell's Messenger, HMS Exeter
Ambrosine Phillpotts as Mrs. Millington-Drake, Montevideo
Tony Wager as Lookout, HMS Ajax
Brian Worth as Radio Operator, Doric Star, Prisoner on Graf Spee
Patrick Jordan as Signalman, Aft-Conning, HMS Exeter (uncredited)
Jeremy Kemp as Gunner, HMS Achilles (uncredited)
Donald Moffat as Swanston - Lookout, HMS Ajax (uncredited)
John Schlesinger as Lieutenant, Graf Spee (uncredited)
Paul Carpenter as American reporter in Uruguay (uncredited)
Vincent Ball as Barnes - HMS Achilles (uncredited)