The Battle of the River Plate (Original title)Pursuit of Graf Spee (Alternative title)
Dates: 1956 (Copyright), 24 December 1956 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Synopsis: Story of the battle between the British cruiser Commodore Harwood and the German pocket battleship Graf Spee, during the early days of World War II, in the South Atlantic.
Genre: War
Subjects: World War II, Battle of the River Plate, Royal Navy
Releases
Date: 1956Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Technicolor - SoundRuntime: 117 mins Length: 10587 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: 1956Country: United KingdomRelease type: RestorationFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Sound - Mono
Date: August 2015Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundRuntime: 119 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Dates: 1956 (Copyright), 24 December 1956 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Synopsis: Story of the battle between the British cruiser Commodore Harwood and the German pocket battleship Graf Spee, during the early days of World War II, in the South Atlantic.
Genre: War
Subjects: World War II, Battle of the River Plate, Royal Navy
Releases
Date: 1956Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Technicolor - SoundRuntime: 117 mins Length: 10587 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: 1956Country: United KingdomRelease type: RestorationFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Sound - Mono
Date: August 2015Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundRuntime: 119 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Credits
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©/Production Company: Arcturus Productions, opening logo [Presents]: The Rank Organisation, closing logo: British and Dominions Film Corporation, Released by: J. Arthur Rank Film Distributors, Executive Producer: Earl St. John, Produced by: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger, Associate Producer: Sydney Streeter, Production Manager: John Brabourne, Production Controller: Arthur Alcott, Assistant Director: Charles Orme, Continuity: Betty Harley, Written by: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger, Director of Photography: Christopher Challis, Camera Operator: Austin Dempster, Special Effects: Bill Warrington, Special Effects: James Snow, Editor: Reginald Mills, Production Designer: Arthur Lawson, Assistant Art Director: Donald Picton, Artistic Adviser: Hein Heckroth, Make Up: Geoffrey Rodway, Music Composed by: Brian Easdale, Musical Director: Frederic Lewis, Sound Recordist: C.C. Stevens, Gordon K. McCallum, [Sound Assistant]: Harry Fairbairn, Sound System: Westrex Recording System, Sound Editor: Arthur Stevens, Naval Adviser: Captain F.S. Bell, Technical Adviser on prison sequences: Captain Patrick Dove, Thanked in credits: The Admiralty, Thanked in credits: The Royal New Zealand Navy, Thanked in credits: The Indian Navy, Thanked in credits: United States Navy, Thanked in credits: The Uruguayan Navy, Thanked in credits: The British Merchant Navy, Thanked in credits: Meditteranean Commander-in-chief, Thanked in credits: Portsmouth Commander-in-chief, Thanked in credits: Lady Harwood, Thanked in credits: Admiral Sir W. Edward Parry, Thanked in credits: Admiral Sir Charles Woodhouse, Thanked in credits: The National Council of Government of Uruguay, Thanked in credits: The Friends of Uruguay Society, Thanked in credits: The River Plate Veterans Association, Thanked in credits: Commander United States Sixth Fleet, Thanked in credits: Officers and men of the Royal Navy, Royal Dockyards Ministry of Defence (Navy), Publicity: Jean Osborne, Made at: Pinewood Studios
Cast
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John Gregson (Captain Bell, HMS Exeter), Anthony Quayle (Commodore Harwood, HMS Ajax), Ian Hunter (Captain Woodhouse, HMS Ajax), Jack Gwillim (Captain Parry, HMNZS Achilles), Bernard Lee (Captain Dove, MS Africa Shell), Lionel Murton (Mike Fowler), Anthony Bushell (Mr Millington-Drake, British Minister), Peter Illing (Dr Guani, Foreign Minister Uruguay), Michael Goodliffe (Captain McCall, British naval attache), Patrick Macnee (Lieutenant-Commander Medley), John Chandos (Dr Langmann, German minister Montevideo), Douglas Wilmer (M. Desmoulins, French minister Montevi..), William Squire (Ray Martin), Roger Delgado (Captain Varela, Uruguayan navy), Andrew Cruickshank (Captain Stubbs, Doric Star), Christopher Lee (Manolo), Edward Atienza (Pop), April Olrich (Dolores), Peter Finch (Captain Langsdorff, Admiral Graf Spee), Maria Mercedes ([Madame X]), John Schlesinger ([German officer]), John Le Mesurier ([padre]), Anthony Newley, Nigel Stock ([British officer aboard Graf Spee]), Richard Beale ([Captain Pottinger, Ashlea]), Diane Herman, Robert Crewdson, Tita Dane ([uncredited])