Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst

Basil Dignam as Sir Lionel Henry Lamb, British Ambassador to China Keye Luke as Captain Kuo Tai Richard Leech as Lieutenant Strain Kenneth Cope as Mr. McNamara Robert Urquhart as Flight Lieutenant Fearnley Barry Foster as Petty Officer McCarthy Ewen Solon as ERA Williams John Paul as Staff Officer Operations Philip Vickers as Surgeon Lieutenant Packard Cyril Luckham as Commander in Chief Richard Todd as Lieutenant-Commander John Simon Kerans William Hartnell as Leading Seaman Leslie Frank Tsai Chin as Sampan Woman Alfred Burke as Petty Officer Gene Anderson as Ruth Worth Ballard Berkeley as Lieutenant Colonel Dewar-Curie Akim Tamiroff as Colonel Peng Sam Kydd as Able Seaman Walker Bernard Cribbins as Able Seaman James Bryson Anthony Chinn as PLA Officer Allan Cuthbertson as Captain Donaldson Ralph Truman as Vice Admiral Sophie Stewart as Miss Charlotte Dunlap Thomas Heathcote as Mr. Monaghan Donald Houston as Lieutenant Weston Ian Bannen as Able Seaman Bannister Ray Jackson as Telegraphist Jack Leonard French

Herbert Wilcox Producer Michael Anderson Director Eric Ambler Screenplay