The Battle of the River Plate
The Battle of the River Plate
Release: 1956-10-30
·Runtime: 119m
·★ 6.3
Drama
History
War
No overview available.
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Production Companies
The Archers
Trailers & Videos
Cast
John Gregson
as Captain Bell - H.M.S. Exeter
Lionel Murton
as Mike Fowler
Anthony Quayle
as Commodore Harwood - H.M.S. Ajax
Peter Illing
as Dr. Guani, Foreign Minister, Uruguay
Roger Delgado
as Captain Varela, Uruguayan Navy
Andrew Cruickshank
as Captain Stubbs, 'Doric Star'
David Farrar
as Narrator
Cyril Luckham
as Lieutenant Jasper Abbot, H.M.S. Achilles
Brian Worth
as Radio Operator, Doric Star, Prisoner on Graf Spee
Peter Finch
as Captain Langsdorff, "Admiral Graf Spee"
Jeremy Kemp
as Gunner, HMS Achilles (uncredited)
Donald Moffat
as Swanston - Lookout, HMS Ajax (uncredited)
Howard Lang
as Guns - HMS Exeter (uncredited)
Jack Gwillim
as Captain Parry - H.M.N. Z. S. Achilles
William Squire
as Ray Martin
Patrick Macnee
as Lieutenant Commander Medley, R.N.
Patrick Jordan
as Signalman, Aft-Conning, HMS Exeter (uncredited)
Douglas Wilmer
as M. Desmoulins, French Minister, Montevideo
Ambrosine Phillpotts
as Mrs. Millington-Drake, Montevideo
Tony Wager
as Lookout, HMS Ajax
Bernard Lee
as Captain Dove - M.S. Africa Shell
Christopher Lee
as Manolo
John Le Mesurier
as Reverend George Groves - Padre, HMS Exeter
Anthony Newley
as Radio Operator, Tairoa, Prisoner on Admiral Graf Spee
Barry Foster
as Bill Roper - Capt. Bell's Messenger, HMS Exeter
John Schlesinger
as Lieutenant, Graf Spee (uncredited)
Ian Hunter
as Captain Woodhouse - H.M.S. Ajax
Anthony Bushell
as Sir Millington Drake, British Minister, Montevideo
Michael Goodliffe
as Captain McCall, R.N., British Naval Attache, Buenos Aires
Nigel Stock
as Chief Officer, Tairoa, Prisoner on Admiral Graf Spee
