The Battle of the River Plate (1956)
1h 59m
Running Time
October 30, 1956Release Date
The Battle of the River Plate (1956)
1h 59m
Running Time
October 30, 1956Release Date
Plot.
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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Cast & Crew.
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
John Le Mesurier
Reverend George Groves - Padre, HMS Exeter
Cyril Luckham
Lieutenant Jasper Abbot, H.M.S. Achilles
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, H.M.S. Achilles (uncredited) / Gunner, HMS Achilles (uncredited)
Donald Moffat
Swanston, Lookout, H.M.S. Ajax (uncredited) / Swanston - Lookout, HMS Ajax (uncredited)
John Schlesinger
Lieutenant, Graf Spee (uncredited)
Richard Beale
Capt. Pottinger (uncredited)
Michael Powell
Director / Writer / Producer
John Forbes-Robertson
Lt. McBarnett, HMS Exeter (uncredited)
Emeric Pressburger
Director / Writer / Producer
Brian Easdale
Original Music Composer
Reginald Mills
Editor
Christopher Challis
Director of Photography
Arthur Lawson
Production Design
Jean Osborne
Publicist
F.S. Bell
Thanks / Technical Advisor
Arthur Alcott
Production Controller
Charles Orme
Assistant Director
Charles Woodhouse
Thanks
Don Picton
Assistant Art Director
W. Edward Parry
Thanks
John Brabourne
Production Manager
James Snow
Special Effects
Arthur Stevens
Sound Editor
C. C. Stevens
Sound Recordist
Patrick Dove
Thanks / Technical Advisor
Media.
Details.
Release DateOctober 30, 1956
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 59m
Content RatingNR
Filming LocationsPinewood Studios, United Kingdom · Malta
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
atlantic ocean
world war ii
royal navy
naval warfare
german navy
montevideo, uruguay
Wiki.
The Battle of the River Plate (a.k.a. Pursuit of the Graf Spee in the United States) is a 1956 British war film in Technicolor and VistaVision by the writer-director-producer team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. The film stars John Gregson, Anthony Quayle, Bernard Lee and Peter Finch. It was distributed worldwide by Rank Film Distributors Ltd.
The film's storyline concerns the Battle of the River Plate, an early World War II naval engagement in 1939 between a Royal Navy force of three cruisers and the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee.
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