The Battle of the River Plate

The Battle of the River Plate (1956)



Awards:Nominated for 3 BAFTA Film Awards
Directors:Michael Powell
Genre Action / Adventure / Drama / History / War



Plot Outline:Set during the early years of World War II, the War in the Atlantic. The Royal Navy was fighting a desperate battle to keep the convoy routes open to keep the British Isles supplied. One great danger was the surface raiders, huge cruisers called "pocket battleships" that slipped out of German waters just before war was declared. The "Bismarck", The "Scharnhorst", The "Gneissau" and The "Graf Spee" were supplied by tanker & could strike anywhere. This is the story of how 3 lightly armed cruisers with only 6 and 8 inch guns boldly took on a powerful pocket battleship armed with 11 inch guns. They should have been blown out of the water before they could fire a single shot but ...

CAST

John Gregson ... Capt. Bell, HMS Exeter
Anthony Quayle ... Cdre. Harwood, HMS Ajax
Ian Hunter ... Capt. Woodhouse, HMS Ajax
Jack Gwillim ... Capt. Parry, HMNZS Achilles
Bernard Lee ... Capt. Dove, MS Africa Shell
Lionel Murton ... Mike Fowler, Montevideo
Anthony Bushell ... Millington Drake, British Minister, Uruguay
Peter Illing ... Dr. Guani, Uruguayan Foreign Minister
Michael Goodliffe ... Capt. McCall, R.N., British Naval Attache, Buenos Aires
Patrick Macnee ... Lt. Cmdr. Medley, HMS Ajax
John Chandos ... Dr. Langmann, German Minister, Uruguay
Douglas Wilmer ... M. Desmoulins, French Minister, Uruguay
William Squire ... Ray Martin, Montevideo
Roger Delgado ... Capt. Varela, Uruguyan Navy
Andrew Cruickshank ... Capt. Stubbs, Doric Star

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