Pursuit of the Graf Spee (1956)
The Battle of the River Plate
Pursuit of the Graf Spee
119 min
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.
- Release date
- October 29, 1956
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Music
- Brian Easdale
- Budget
- $280,000
- Box office
- $750,000
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Cast
- John Gregson as Captain Bell - H.M.S. Exeter
- Anthony Quayle as Commodore Harwood-H.M.S. Ajax
- Ian Hunter as Captain Woodhouse - H.M.S. Ajax
- Jack Gwillim as Captain Parry - H.M.N.Z.S. Achilles
- Bernard Lee as Captain Dove - M.S. Africa Shell
- Anthony Bushell as Sir Millington Drake, British Minister, Montevideo
- Peter Illing as Dr. Guani, Foreign Minister, Uruguay
- Michael Goodliffe as Captain McCall, R.N., British Naval Attache, Buenos Aires
- Patrick Macnee as Lieutenant Commander Medley, R.N.
- John Chandos as Dr. Langmann, German Minister, Montevideo
- Douglas Wilmer as M. Desmoulins, French Minister, Montevideo
- William Squire as Ray Martin
- Roger Delgado as Captain Varela, Uruguayan Navy
- Andrew Cruickshank as Captain Stubbs, 'Doric Star'
- Christopher Lee as Manolo
- Edward Atienza as Pop
- April Olrich as Dolores
- Peter Finch as Captain Langsdorff - 'Admiral Graf Spee'
- David Farrar as Narrator
- John Le Mesurier as Reverend George Groves - Padre, HMS Exeter
- Cyril Luckham as Lieutenant Jasper Abbot, H.M.S. Achilles
- George Murcell as Chief Officer, Newton Beach
- Anthony Newley as Radio Operator, Tairoa, Prisoner on Admiral Graf Spee
- Nigel Stock as Chief Officer, Tairoa, Prisoner on Admiral Graf Spee
- Barry Foster as Bill Roper - Capt. Bell's Messenger, HMS Exeter
- Ambrosine Phillpotts as Mrs. Millington-Drake, Montevideo
- Tony Wager as Lookout, HMS Ajax
- Brian Worth as Radio Operator, Doric Star, Prisoner on Graf Spee
- Patrick Westwood as Archer, HMS Ajax
- H.M.S. Sheffield as H. M. S. Ajax
- I.N.S. Delhi as H.M.N.Z.S. Achilles
- H.M.S. Jamaica as H.M.S. Exeter
- H.M.S. Cumberland as H.M.S. Cumberland
Crew
- Michael Powell · Director
- Emeric Pressburger · Director
- Michael Powell · Writer
- Emeric Pressburger · Writer
- Michael Powell · Producer
- Emeric Pressburger · Producer
- Brian Easdale · Composer
- Christopher Challis · Cinematographer
- Reginald Mills · Editor
- Arthur Lawson · Production designer