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The Battle of the River Plate

The Battle of the River Plate (1957)Cast and Crew

Movie"Pursuit of the Graf Spee"

Cast

J
John Gregson
as Captain Bell - H.M.S. Exeter
A
Anthony Quayle
as Commodore Harwood - H.M.S. Ajax
I
Ian Hunter
as Captain Woodhouse - H.M.S. Ajax
J
Jack Gwillim
as Captain Parry - H.M.N. Z. S. Achilles
B
Bernard Lee
as Captain Dove - M.S. Africa Shell
L
Lionel Murton
as Mike Fowler
A
Anthony Bushell
as Sir Millington Drake, British Minister, Montevideo
P
Peter Illing
as Dr. Guani, Foreign Minister, Uruguay
M
Michael Goodliffe
as Captain McCall, R.N., British Naval Attache, Buenos Aires
P
Patrick Macnee
as Lieutenant Commander Medley, R.N.
J
John Chandos
as Dr. Langmann, German Minister, Montevideo
D
Douglas Wilmer
as M. Desmoulins, French Minister, Montevideo
W
William Squire
as Ray Martin
R
Roger Delgado
as Captain Varela, Uruguayan Navy
A
Andrew Cruickshank
as Captain Stubbs, 'Doric Star'
C
Christopher Lee
as Manolo
E
Edward Atienza
as Pop
A
April Olrich
as Dolores
P
Peter Finch
as Captain Langsdorff, "Admiral Graf Spee"
D
David Farrar
as Narrator
J
Jeremy Kemp
as Gunner, H.M.S. Achilles (uncredited)
J
John Le Mesurier
as Reverend George Groves - Padre, HMS Exeter
C
Cyril Luckham
as Lieutenant Jasper Abbot, H.M.S. Achilles
D
Donald Moffat
as Swanston, Lookout, H.M.S. Ajax (uncredited)
G
George Murcell
as Chief Officer, Newton Beach
A
Anthony Newley
as Radio Operator, Tairoa, Prisoner on Admiral Graf Spee
N
Nigel Stock
as Chief Officer, Tairoa, Prisoner on Admiral Graf Spee
B
Barry Foster
as Bill Roper - Capt. Bell's Messenger, HMS Exeter
A
Ambrosine Phillpotts
as Mrs. Millington-Drake, Montevideo
T
Tony Wager
as Lookout, HMS Ajax
B
Brian Worth
as Radio Operator, Doric Star, Prisoner on Graf Spee
P
Patrick Westwood
as Archer, HMS Ajax
C
Chris Adcock
as British Seaman (Prisoner on Graf Spee) (uncredited)
M
Michael Collins
as Chief Yeoman, HMS Ajax (uncredited)
P
Patrick Jordan
as Signalman, Aft-Conning, HMS Exeter (uncredited)
J
Jeremy Kemp
as Gunner, HMS Achilles (uncredited)
D
Donald Moffat
as Swanston - Lookout, HMS Ajax (uncredited)
J
John Schlesinger
as Lieutenant, Graf Spee (uncredited)
R
Richard Beale
as Capt. Pottinger (uncredited)
J
John Forbes-Robertson
as Lt. McBarnett, HMS Exeter (uncredited)

Crew

M
Michael Powell
Director
E
Emeric Pressburger
Director
E
Emeric Pressburger
Writer
M
Michael Powell
Writer
C
Christopher Challis
Director of Photography
R
Reginald Mills
Editor
B
Brian Easdale
Original Music Composer
A
Arthur Lawson
Production Design
E
Emeric Pressburger
Producer
M
Michael Powell
Producer
J
Jean Osborne
Publicist
J
Joan Harwood
Thanks
W
W. Edward Parry
Thanks
C
Charles Woodhouse
Thanks
F
F.S. Bell
Thanks
P
Patrick Dove
Thanks
S
Sydney Streeter
Associate Producer
J
John Brabourne
Production Manager
H
Hein Heckroth
Other
A
Arthur Alcott
Production Controller
F
F.S. Bell
Technical Advisor
P
Patrick Dove
Technical Advisor
C
Charles Orme
Assistant Director
D
Don Picton
Assistant Art Director
A
Austin Dempster
Camera Operator
B
Bill Warrington
Special Effects
J
James Snow
Special Effects
A
Arthur Stevens
Sound Editor
C
C. C. Stevens
Sound Recordist
G
Gordon K. McCallum
Sound Recordist
B
Betty Harley
Continuity
G
Geoffrey Rodway
Makeup Artist
F
Frederick Lewis
Music Director
E
Earl St. John
Executive Producer