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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.
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- verified Status: Released
- calendar_month Release Date: 1956-10-30
- video_camera_front Companies The Archers
- timer Runtime: 119 Mins
- star Rating: 6.2 / 10
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John Gregson
Captain Bell - H.M.S. Exeter
Anthony Quayle
Commodore Harwood - H.M.S. Ajax
Ian Hunter
Captain Woodhouse - H.M.S. Ajax
Jack Gwillim
Captain Parry - H.M.N. Z. S. Achilles
Bernard Lee
Captain Dove - M.S. Africa Shell
Lionel Murton
Mike Fowler
Anthony Bushell
Sir Millington Drake, British Minister, Montevideo
Peter Illing
Dr. Guani, Foreign Minister, Uruguay
Michael Goodliffe
Captain McCall, R.N., British Naval Attache, Buenos Aires
Patrick Macnee
Lieutenant Commander Medley, R.N.
John Chandos
Dr. Langmann, German Minister, Montevideo
Douglas Wilmer
M. Desmoulins, French Minister, Montevideo
William Squire
Ray Martin
Roger Delgado
Captain Varela, Uruguayan Navy
Andrew Cruickshank
Captain Stubbs, 'Doric Star'
Christopher Lee
Manolo
Edward Atienza
Pop
April Olrich
Dolores
Peter Finch
Captain Langsdorff, "Admiral Graf Spee"
David Farrar
Narrator
Jeremy Kemp
Gunner, H.M.S. Achilles (uncredited)
John Le Mesurier
Reverend George Groves - Padre, HMS Exeter
Cyril Luckham
Lieutenant Jasper Abbot, H.M.S. Achilles
Donald Moffat
Swanston, Lookout, H.M.S. Ajax (uncredited)
George Murcell
Chief Officer, Newton Beach
Anthony Newley
Radio Operator, Tairoa, Prisoner on Admiral Graf Spee
Nigel Stock
Chief Officer, Tairoa, Prisoner on Admiral Graf Spee
Barry Foster
Bill Roper - Capt. Bell's Messenger, HMS Exeter
Ambrosine Phillpotts
Mrs. Millington-Drake, Montevideo
Tony Wager
Lookout, HMS Ajax
Brian Worth
Radio Operator, Doric Star, Prisoner on Graf Spee
Patrick Westwood
Archer, HMS Ajax
Chris Adcock
British Seaman (Prisoner on Graf Spee) (uncredited)
Michael Collins
Chief Yeoman, HMS Ajax (uncredited)
Patrick Jordan
Signalman, Aft-Conning, HMS Exeter (uncredited)
Jeremy Kemp
Gunner, HMS Achilles (uncredited)
Donald Moffat
Swanston - Lookout, HMS Ajax (uncredited)
John Schlesinger
Lieutenant, Graf Spee (uncredited)
Richard Beale
Capt. Pottinger (uncredited)
John Forbes-Robertson
Lt. McBarnett, HMS Exeter (uncredited)
groups Crew
Emeric Pressburger
Writer
Emeric Pressburger
Director
Michael Powell
Writer
Michael Powell
Director
Michael Powell
Producer
Christopher Challis
Director of Photography
Brian Easdale
Original Music Composer
Reginald Mills
Editor
Arthur Lawson
Production Design
Emeric Pressburger
Producer
Jean Osborne
Publicist
Joan Harwood
Thanks
Charles Woodhouse
Thanks
W. Edward Parry
Thanks
John Brabourne
Production Manager
James Snow
Special Effects
Arthur Stevens
Sound Editor
Patrick Dove
Thanks
Patrick Dove
Technical Advisor
Sydney Streeter
Associate Producer
C. C. Stevens
Sound Recordist
Hein Heckroth
Other
Gordon K. McCallum
Sound Recordist
F.S. Bell
Thanks
Austin Dempster
Camera Operator
Bill Warrington
Special Effects
Betty Harley
Continuity
Arthur Alcott
Production Controller
Charles Orme
Assistant Director
Don Picton
Assistant Art Director
Geoffrey Rodway
Makeup Artist
Earl St. John
Executive Producer
F.S. Bell
Technical Advisor
Frederic Lewis
Music Director
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