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

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

Eric Ambler Screenplay Michael Anderson Director Herbert Wilcox Producer