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

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

Michael Anderson Director Herbert Wilcox Producer Eric Ambler Screenplay