The Battle of the River Plate
The Battle of the River Plate
Release: 1956-10-30
·Runtime: 119m
·★ 6.3
Drama
History
War
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 warships, such as the Admiral Graf Spee, which are scouring the ocean for cargo ships to sink.
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Production Companies
The Archers
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Ambrosine Phillpotts
as Mrs. Millington-Drake, Montevideo
Bernard Lee
as Captain Dove - M.S. Africa Shell
Lionel Murton
as Mike Fowler
Douglas Wilmer
as M. Desmoulins, French Minister, Montevideo
Peter Finch
as Captain Langsdorff, "Admiral Graf Spee"
Anthony Newley
as Radio Operator, Tairoa, Prisoner on Admiral Graf Spee
Ian Hunter
as Captain Woodhouse - H.M.S. Ajax
Anthony Bushell
as Sir Millington Drake, British Minister, Montevideo
Roger Delgado
as Captain Varela, Uruguayan Navy
Andrew Cruickshank
as Captain Stubbs, 'Doric Star'
Nigel Stock
as Chief Officer, Tairoa, Prisoner on Admiral Graf Spee
Howard Lang
as Guns - HMS Exeter (uncredited)
Michael Goodliffe
as Captain McCall, R.N., British Naval Attache, Buenos Aires
John Le Mesurier
as Reverend George Groves - Padre, HMS Exeter
Jeremy Kemp
as Gunner, HMS Achilles (uncredited)
Jack Gwillim
as Captain Parry - H.M.N. Z. S. Achilles
Barry Foster
as Bill Roper - Capt. Bell's Messenger, HMS Exeter
John Schlesinger
as Lieutenant, Graf Spee (uncredited)
John Gregson
as Captain Bell - H.M.S. Exeter
Patrick Macnee
as Lieutenant Commander Medley, R.N.
Cyril Luckham
as Lieutenant Jasper Abbot, H.M.S. Achilles
Brian Worth
as Radio Operator, Doric Star, Prisoner on Graf Spee
Christopher Lee
as Manolo
Donald Moffat
as Swanston - Lookout, HMS Ajax (uncredited)
Peter Illing
as Dr. Guani, Foreign Minister, Uruguay
William Squire
as Ray Martin
David Farrar
as Narrator
Tony Wager
as Lookout, HMS Ajax
Patrick Jordan
as Signalman, Aft-Conning, HMS Exeter (uncredited)
Anthony Quayle
as Commodore Harwood - H.M.S. Ajax
