The Battle of the River Plate

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6.2

NR

Genre: Drama History War
Release year: 1956
Running time: 119 min
Country: United Kingdom

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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Patrick Jordan
Signalman, Aft-Conning, HMS Exeter (uncredited)
Christopher Lee
Manolo
Donald Moffat
Swanston - Lookout, HMS Ajax (uncredited)
Jeremy Kemp
Gunner, HMS Achilles (uncredited)
Patrick Macnee
Lieutenant Commander Medley, R.N.
John Schlesinger
Lieutenant, Graf Spee (uncredited)
Anthony Quayle
Commodore Harwood - H.M.S. Ajax
Anthony Newley
Radio Operator, Tairoa, Prisoner on Admiral Graf Spee

Michael Powell
Director
Reginald Mills
Editor
Emeric Pressburger
Director
Gordon K. McCallum
Sound Recordist
Earl St. John
Executive Producer
Christopher Challis
Director of Photography
Don Picton
Assistant Art Director
Sydney Streeter
Associate Producer

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