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Director Emeric Pressburger
Runtime 1h 59m · NR
Genres Drama · History · War
Film The Battle of the River Plate 1956 · NR· 1h 59m· 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.
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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 Edward Atienza as Pop April Olrich as Dolores 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 George Murcell as Chief Officer, Newton Beach 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 Westwood as Archer, HMS Ajax Key Crew
Full cast & crew (30 cast · 34 crew)
Details Runtime 1h 59m · NR
Status Released
Studios The Archers
Budget $280,000
Box office $750,000
Languages German · English · Spanish
Countries United Kingdom
Rating 6.4/10 · 70 votes
Original language en
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