
Yangtse-Zwischenfall
Die britische Fregatte "Amethyst" gerät im April 1949 zwischen die Fronten des chinesischen Bürgerkriegs. Der Kapitän wagt den Durchbruch des schwer angeschlagenen Schiffs nach Nanking...
Director Michael Anderson
Cast

Richard Todd
Lieutenant-Commander John Simon Kerans

Akim Tamiroff
Colonel Peng

Ray Jackson
Telegraphist Jack Leonard French

Anthony Chinn
PLA Officer

Tsai Chin
Sampan Woman

Robert Urquhart
Flight Lieutenant Fearnley

Sam Kydd
Able Seaman Walker

Richard Coleman
Lieutenant Commander Skinner

Donald Houston
Lieutenant Weston

Keye Luke
Captain Kuo Tai

Gene Anderson
Ruth Worth

Richard Leech
Lieutenant Strain

Cyril Luckham
Commander in Chief

Sophie Stewart
Miss Charlotte Dunlap

Barry Foster
Petty Officer McCarthy

Basil Dignam
Sir Lionel Henry Lamb, British Ambassador to China

Ralph Truman
Vice Admiral

Ballard Berkeley
Lieutenant Colonel Dewar-Curie

William Hartnell
Leading Seaman Leslie Frank

Thomas Heathcote
Mr. Monaghan

Kenneth Cope
Mr. McNamara

John Paul
Staff Officer Operations

Philip Vickers
Surgeon Lieutenant Packard

Ewen Solon
ERA Williams

Alfred Burke
Petty Officer

Ian Bannen
Able Seaman Bannister

Bernard Cribbins
Able Seaman James Bryson

Allan Cuthbertson
Captain Donaldson