The Battle of the River Plate

The Battle of the River Plate
1956DramaHistoryWar119 mins

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 warshi... read more

  • Michael Powell

    Director

  • Emeric Pressburger

    Director

  • Emeric Pressburger

    Writer

  • Michael Powell

    Writer

  • Christopher Challis

    Director of Photography

  • Reginald Mills

    Editor

  • 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)

  • Runtime

    119 minutes

    Released

    1956-10-30

    Languages

    Deutsch

    English

    Español

    Countries

    United Kingdom

    Studios

    The Archers

    Sound

  • Brian Easdale

    Original Music Composer

  • Updated

    169 days ago

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