The Battle of the River Plate 1956
a.k.a Pursuit of the Graf SpeeThe Battle of the River Plate Director : Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
The Battle of the River Plate Plot
In the opening years of World War II the Royal Navy was fighting a desperate battle to keep the Atlantic convoy routes open and the British Isles supplied. Of great danger were the numerous surface/commerce raiders that had slipped out of German waters just before war was declared. Supplied by axis cargo ships or tankers, they primarily attacked and sank merchant shipping, and they could and did strike anywhere and everywhere. This is the story of one such ship – the 'Admiral Graf Spee' – and how 3 lightly armed Royal Navy cruisers with mere 6 and 8 inch guns boldly took on this powerful 'pocket battleship' armed with 11 inch guns.
The Battle of the River Plate Cast
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as Captain Bell, H.M.S. Exeter -
as Commodore Harwood, H.M.S. Ajax -
as Captain Langsdorff, Admiral Graf Spee -
as Captain Woodhouse, H.M.S. Ajax -
as Captain Parry, H.M.S. Achilles -
as Captain Dove, M.S. Africa Shell -
as Mike Fowler -
as Sir Millington Drake, British Minister, Montevideo
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The Battle Of The River Plate (Extract) 1956
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