The Battle of the River Plate (1956) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger.

Cast

• John Gregson as Captain Bell - H.M.S. Exeter
• Anthony Quayle as Commodore Harwood - H.M.S. Ajax
• Ian Hunter as Captain Woodhouse - H.M.S. Ajax
• Jack Gwillim as Captain Parry - H.M.N. Z. S. Achilles
• Bernard Lee as Captain Dove - M.S. Africa Shell
• Lionel Murton as Mike Fowler
• Anthony Bushell as Sir Millington Drake, British Minister, Montevideo
• Peter Illing as Dr. Guani, Foreign Minister, Uruguay
• Michael Goodliffe as Captain McCall, R.N., British Naval Attache, Buenos Aires
• Patrick Macnee as Lieutenant Commander Medley, R.N.
• John Chandos as Dr. Langmann, German Minister, Montevideo
• Douglas Wilmer as M. Desmoulins, French Minister, Montevideo
• William Squire as Ray Martin
• Roger Delgado as Captain Varela, Uruguayan Navy
• Andrew Cruickshank as Captain Stubbs, 'Doric Star'
• Christopher Lee as Manolo
• Edward Atienza as Pop
• April Olrich as Dolores
• Peter Finch as Captain Langsdorff, "Admiral Graf Spee"
• David Farrar as Narrator
• John Le Mesurier as Reverend George Groves - Padre, HMS Exeter
• Cyril Luckham as Lieutenant Jasper Abbot, H.M.S. Achilles
• George Murcell as Chief Officer, Newton Beach
• Anthony Newley as Radio Operator, Tairoa, Prisoner on Admiral Graf Spee
• Nigel Stock as Chief Officer, Tairoa, Prisoner on Admiral Graf Spee
• Barry Foster as Bill Roper - Capt. Bell's Messenger, HMS Exeter
• Ambrosine Phillpotts as Mrs. Millington-Drake, Montevideo
• Tony Wager as Lookout, HMS Ajax
• Brian Worth as Radio Operator, Doric Star, Prisoner on Graf Spee
• Patrick Westwood as Archer, HMS Ajax
• Chris Adcock as British Seaman (Prisoner on Graf Spee) (uncredited)
• Michael Collins as Chief Yeoman, HMS Ajax (uncredited)
• Patrick Jordan as Signalman, Aft-Conning, HMS Exeter (uncredited)
• Jeremy Kemp as Gunner, HMS Achilles (uncredited)
• Donald Moffat as Swanston - Lookout, HMS Ajax (uncredited)
• John Schlesinger as Lieutenant, Graf Spee (uncredited)
• Richard Beale as Capt. Pottinger (uncredited)
• John Forbes-Robertson as Lt. McBarnett, HMS Exeter (uncredited)
• Howard Lang as Guns - HMS Exeter (uncredited)
• Paul Carpenter as American reporter in Uruguay (uncredited)

Crew

• Michael Powell — Director
• Emeric Pressburger — Director
• Emeric Pressburger — Writer
• Michael Powell — Writer
• Brian Easdale — Original Music Composer
• Christopher Challis — Director of Photography
• Michael Powell — Producer
• Emeric Pressburger — Producer

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