The Battle of the River Plate (1956)




Cast and credits


     
Directed by Emeric Pressburger
Michael Powell
     
Screenplay by Michael Powell
Emeric Pressburger
     
Cast:
Commodore Harwood-H.M.S. AjaxAnthony Quayle
Captain Woodhouse - H.M.S. AjaxIan Hunter
Captain Parry - H.M.N.Z.S. AchillesJack Gwillim
Captain Dove - M.S. Africa ShellBernard Lee
Mr. Millington Drake - British Minister, MontevideoAnthony Bushell
Lieutenant Commander Medley R.N.Patrick Macnee
Dr. Langmann - German Minister, MontevideoJohn Chandos
M. Desmoulins - French Minister, MontevideoDouglas Wilmer
Captain Varela - Uruguayan NavyRoger Delgado
Captain Stubbs - 'Doric Star'Andrew Cruickshank
ManoloChristopher Lee
Captain Hans Langsdorff - 'Admiral Graf Spee'Peter Finch
Prisoner on Graf SpeeJohn Schlesinger
Barnes - HMS AchillesVincent Ball
American reporter in UruguayPaul Carpenter
Chief Yeoman, HMS AchillesJames Copeland
Captain, Newton Beach, Prisoner on Graf SpeePeter Dyneley
NarratorDavid Farrar
Lt. McBarnett - HMS ExeterJohn Forbes-Robertson
Gunner, HMS AchillesJeremy Kemp
Guns - HMS ExeterHoward Lang
Rev. George Groves - Padre, HMS ExeterJohn Le Mesurier
Lt. Jasper Abbot - HMS AchillesCyril Luckham
Swanston - Lookout, HMS AjaxDonald Moffat
Chief Officer, Newton BeachGeorge Murcell
Radio Operator, Tairoa, Prisoner on Graf SpeeAnthony Newley
Dubbing (voice)Robert Rietty
Chief Officer, Tairoa, Prisoner on Graf SpeeNigel Stock
Lookout, HMS AjaxTony Wager
     
Director of photography Christopher Challis
Produced by Michael Powell
Emeric Pressburger
Music composed by Brian Easdale
Edited by Reginald Mills


Year:1956
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
German
Spanish