The Battle of the River Plate
The Battle of the River Plate (a.k.a. Pursuit of the Graf Spee in the United States) is a 1956 British war film in Technicolor and VistaVision by the writer-director-producer team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. The film stars John Gregson, Anthony Quayle, and Peter Finch. It was distributed worldwide by Rank Film Distributors Ltd.
Plot
In the early months of the Second World War, Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine sends out merchant raiders to attack Allied shipping. The Royal Navy responds with hunting groups whose mission is to stop them. The group that finds the heavily armed pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee near South America is outgunned: Admiral Graf Spee is equipped with long-range guns, while the British heavy cruiser has much lighter guns, and the light cruisers and have guns. Despite this, they go straight into the attack.
Cast
- Andrew Cruickshank
- Anthony Bushell
- Anthony Newley
- Anthony Quayle
- Barry Foster
- Bernard Lee
- Christopher Lee
- David Farrar
- Donald Moffat
- Douglas Wilmer
- George Murcell
- Ian Hunter
- Jack Gwillim
- John Gregson
- John Le Mesurier
- John Merivale
- John Schlesinger
- Michael Goodliffe
- Nigel Stock
- Patrick Macnee
- Peter Finch
- Peter Illing
- Robert Rietti
- Roger Delgado
- William Squire
More details
| author | Emeric Pressburger Michael Powell |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Uruguay |
| director | Emeric Pressburger Michael Powell |
| editor | Reginald Mills |
| events | Battle of the River Plate |
| keywords | admiral graf spee aircraft carrier bell charles woodhouse deutschland-class cruiser edward parry expect f. s. bell flagship force hans langsdorff harwood henry harwood hunt kriegsmarine merchant raider montevideo nazi germany parry pocket battleship río de la plata river river plate royal navy scuttle second world war ship south america wait woodhouse world war world war ii |
| musicBy | Brian Easdale |
| producer | Emeric Pressburger Michael Powell |
| publisher | Rank Organisation |
| recordedAt | Malta Pinewood Studios |
| theme | war |