The Battle of the River Plate

In the early months of the World War II, 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 Deutschland class cruiser ''Admiral Graf Spee'' near South America is outgunned: ''Graf Spee'' is equipped with long-range 11-inch guns, while the British heavy cruiser has much lighter 8-inch guns, and the light cruisers and have 6-inch guns. Despite this, they go straight to the attack.

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  • TheTVDB.com Movie ID 23751
  • Status Released
  • Released Worldwide October 30, 1956
  • Content Rating United States of America NR
  • Runtime 119 minutes
  • Genres Drama Action Adventure
  • Original Country Great Britain
  • Original Language English
  • Spoken Languages English Spanish German
  • Production Company The Archers
  • Production Countries Great Britain
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John Gregson
as Captain Bell, H.M.S. Exeter
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Anthony Quayle
as Commodore Harwood, H.M.S. Ajax
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Ian Hunter
as Captain Woodhouse, H.M.S. Ajax
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Jack Gwillim
as Captain Parry, H.M.S. Achilles
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Bernard Lee
as Captain Dove, M.S. Africa Shell
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Lionel Murton
as Mike Fowler
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Anthony Bushell
as Sir Millington Drake, British Minister, Montevideo
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Peter Illing
as Dr. Guani, Foreign Minister, Uruguay
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Michael Goodliffe
as Captain McCall R.N., British Naval Attache for Buenos Aires
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Patrick Macnee
as Lieutenant Commander Medley R.N.
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Douglas Wilmer
as M. Desmoulins, French Minister, Montevideo
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William Squire
as Ray Martin
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Roger Delgado
as Captain Varela, Uruguayan Navy
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Andrew Cruickshank
as Captain Stubbs - Doric Star
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Christopher Lee
as Manolo
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George Murcell
as Chief Officer, Newton Beach
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Nigel Stock
as Chief Officer, Tairoa, Prisoner on Admiral Graf Spee
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Peter Finch
as Captain Langsdorff - 'Admiral Graf Spee'
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Jeremy Kemp
as Gunner, H.M.S. Achilles
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John Le Mesurier
as Reverend George Groves - Padre, HMS Exeter
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Cyril Luckham
as Lieutenant Jasper Abbot, H.M.S. Achilles
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Donald Moffat
as Swanston, Lookout, H.M.S. Ajax
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Anthony Newley
as Radio Operator, Tairoa, Prisoner on Admiral Graf Spee
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