
The Battle of the River Plate
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.
The Battle of the River Plate
October 30, 1956
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Cast (40)

John Gregson
Captain Bell - H.M.S. Exeter

Anthony Quayle
Commodore Harwood - H.M.S. Ajax

Ian Hunter
Captain Woodhouse - H.M.S. Ajax

Jack Gwillim
Captain Parry - H.M.N. Z. S. Achilles

Bernard Lee
Captain Dove - M.S. Africa Shell

Lionel Murton
Mike Fowler

Anthony Bushell
Sir Millington Drake, British Minister, Montevideo

Peter Illing
Dr. Guani, Foreign Minister, Uruguay

Michael Goodliffe
Captain McCall, R.N., British Naval Attache, Buenos Aires

Patrick Macnee
Lieutenant Commander Medley, R.N.

John Chandos
Dr. Langmann, German Minister, Montevideo

Douglas Wilmer
M. Desmoulins, French Minister, Montevideo

William Squire
Ray Martin

Roger Delgado
Captain Varela, Uruguayan Navy

Andrew Cruickshank
Captain Stubbs, 'Doric Star'

Christopher Lee
Manolo

Edward Atienza
Pop

April Olrich
Dolores

Peter Finch
Captain Langsdorff, "Admiral Graf Spee"

David Farrar
Narrator

Jeremy Kemp
Gunner, H.M.S. Achilles (uncredited)

John Le Mesurier
Reverend George Groves - Padre, HMS Exeter

Cyril Luckham
Lieutenant Jasper Abbot, H.M.S. Achilles

Donald Moffat
Swanston, Lookout, H.M.S. Ajax (uncredited)

George Murcell
Chief Officer, Newton Beach

Anthony Newley
Radio Operator, Tairoa, Prisoner on Admiral Graf Spee

Nigel Stock
Chief Officer, Tairoa, Prisoner on Admiral Graf Spee

Barry Foster
Bill Roper - Capt. Bell's Messenger, HMS Exeter

Ambrosine Phillpotts
Mrs. Millington-Drake, Montevideo

Tony Wager
Lookout, HMS Ajax

Brian Worth
Radio Operator, Doric Star, Prisoner on Graf Spee

Patrick Westwood
Archer, HMS Ajax

Chris Adcock
British Seaman (Prisoner on Graf Spee) (uncredited)

Michael Collins
Chief Yeoman, HMS Ajax (uncredited)

Patrick Jordan
Signalman, Aft-Conning, HMS Exeter (uncredited)

Jeremy Kemp
Gunner, HMS Achilles (uncredited)

Donald Moffat
Swanston - Lookout, HMS Ajax (uncredited)

John Schlesinger
Lieutenant, Graf Spee (uncredited)

Richard Beale
Capt. Pottinger (uncredited)

John Forbes-Robertson
Lt. McBarnett, HMS Exeter (uncredited)
Crew (34)
Directing

Michael Powell
Director

Emeric Pressburger
Director

Charles Orme
Assistant Director

Betty Harley
Continuity
Writing

Michael Powell
Writer

Emeric Pressburger
Writer
Production

John Brabourne
Production Manager

Michael Powell
Producer

Emeric Pressburger
Producer

Sydney Streeter
Associate Producer

Jean Osborne
Publicist

Earl St. John
Executive Producer
Sound

Frederic Lewis
Music Director

Brian Easdale
Original Music Composer

Gordon K. McCallum
Sound Recordist

Arthur Stevens
Sound Editor

C. C. Stevens
Sound Recordist
Art
Camera

Austin Dempster
Camera Operator

Christopher Challis
Director of Photography
Costume & Make-Up

Geoffrey Rodway
Makeup Artist
Crew

Bill Warrington
Special Effects

Arthur Alcott
Production Controller

F.S. Bell
Technical Advisor

Charles Woodhouse
Thanks

W. Edward Parry
Thanks

Patrick Dove
Thanks

James Snow
Special Effects

F.S. Bell
Thanks

Joan Harwood
Thanks

Patrick Dove
Technical Advisor
Editing

Reginald Mills
Editor