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The Battle of the River Plate is a British film of genre Drama directed by Michael Powell released in USA on 1 november 1957 with John Gregson
The Battle of the River Plate (1956)
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Directors
Michael Powell
Emeric Pressburger
Scriptwriters
Michael Powell
Writer
Emeric Pressburger
Writer
Actors
John Gregson
Captain Bell - H.M.S. Exeter
Anthony Quayle
Commodore Harwood - H.M.S. Ajax
Peter Finch
Captain Langsdorff, "Admiral Graf Spee"
Ian Hunter
Captain Woodhouse - H.M.S. Ajax
Bernard Lee
Captain Dove - M.S. Africa Shell
Patrick Macnee
Lieutenant Commander Medley, R.N.
William Squire
Ray Martin
Christopher Lee
Manolo
Anthony Bushell
Sir Millington Drake, British Minister, Montevideo
John Schlesinger
Lieutenant, Graf Spee (uncredited)
David Farrar
Narrator
John Merivale
John Chandos
Dr. Langmann, German Minister, Montevideo
Jack Gwillim
Captain Parry - H.M.N. Z. S. Achilles
Peter Illing
Dr. Guani, Foreign Minister, Uruguay
Michael Goodliffe
Captain McCall, R.N., British Naval Attache, Buenos Aires
Roger Delgado
Captain Varela, Uruguayan Navy
Douglas Wilmer
M. Desmoulins, French Minister, Montevideo
Andrew Cruickshank
Captain Stubbs, 'Doric Star'
Donald Moffat
Swanston - Lookout, HMS Ajax (uncredited)
John Le Mesurier
Reverend George Groves - Padre, HMS Exeter
Jeremy Kemp
Gunner, HMS Achilles (uncredited)
George Murcell
Chief Officer, Newton Beach
Edward Atienza
Pop
Anthony Newley
Radio Operator, Tairoa, Prisoner on Admiral Graf Spee
Cyril Luckham
Lieutenant Jasper Abbot, H.M.S. Achilles
Peter Dyneley
Captain John Robison, SS Newton Beech (uncredited)
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
Brian Worth
Radio Operator, Doric Star, Prisoner on Graf Spee
Patrick Jordan
Signalman, Aft-Conning, HMS Exeter (uncredited)
John Forbes-Robertson
Lt. McBarnett, HMS Exeter (uncredited)
Production
Michael Powell
Producer
Emeric Pressburger
Producer
Earl St. John
Executive Producer
Camera
Christopher Challis
Director of Photography
Montage
Reginald Mills
Editor
Art
Arthur Lawson
Production Design
Hein Heckroth
Other
Sound
C.C. Stevens
Sound Recordist