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The Battle of the River Plate

61 %|Oct 30, 1956|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.

Featured Crew

Emeric Pressburger
Director
Michael Powell
Director
Emeric Pressburger
Writer
Michael Powell
Writer
Brian Easdale
Original Music Composer
Arthur Lawson
Production Design
Michael Powell
Producer
Christopher Challis
Director of Photography

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Cast

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