The Battle of the River Plate
1956, action, adventure, drama, history, war
119 minutes
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...
Cast
Captain Bell - H.M.S. Exeter
Commodore Harwood - H.M.S. Ajax
Captain Woodhouse - H.M.S. Ajax
Captain Parry - H.M.N. Z. S. Achilles
Captain Dove - M.S. Africa Shell
Mike Fowler
Sir Millington Drake, British Minister, Montevideo
Dr. Guani, Foreign Minister, Uruguay
Captain McCall, R.N., British Naval Attache, Buenos Aires
Lieutenant Commander Medley, R.N.
Dr. Langmann, German Minister, Montevideo
M. Desmoulins, French Minister, Montevideo
Ray Martin
Captain Varela, Uruguayan Navy
Captain Stubbs, 'Doric Star'
Manolo
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Dolores
Captain Langsdorff, "Admiral Graf Spee"
Narrator
Gunner, H.M.S. Achilles
Reverend George Groves - Padre, HMS Exeter
Lieutenant Jasper Abbot, H.M.S. Achilles
Swanston, Lookout, H.M.S. Ajax
Chief Officer, Newton Beach
Radio Operator, Tairoa, Prisoner on Admiral Graf Spee
Chief Officer, Tairoa, Prisoner on Admiral Graf Spee
Bill Roper - Capt. Bell's Messenger, HMS Exeter
Mrs. Millington-Drake, Montevideo
Lookout, HMS Ajax
Radio Operator, Doric Star, Prisoner on Graf Spee
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