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In the early years of the World War II, the Royal Navy is fighting a desperate battle to keep the Atlantic convoy routes open to supply the British Isles, facing the great danger posed by the many German warships, such as the Admiral Graf Spee, which are scouring the ocean for cargo ships to sink.
Keywords
atlantic ocean
world war ii
royal navy
naval warfare
german navy
montevideo, uruguay
Casts

John Gregson
Captain Bell - H.M.S. Exeter

Anthony Quayle
Commodore Harwood - H.M.S. Ajax

Ian Hunter
Captain Woodhouse - H.M.S. Ajax

Jack Gwillim
Captain Parry - H.M.N. Z. S. Achilles

Bernard Lee
Captain Dove - M.S. Africa Shell

Lionel Murton
Mike Fowler

Anthony Bushell
Sir Millington Drake, British Minister, Montevideo

Peter Illing
Dr. Guani, Foreign Minister, Uruguay

Michael Goodliffe
Captain McCall, R.N., British Naval Attache, Buenos Aires

Patrick Macnee
Lieutenant Commander Medley, R.N.
John Chandos
Dr. Langmann, German Minister, Montevideo

Douglas Wilmer
M. Desmoulins, French Minister, Montevideo

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"

David Farrar
Narrator

Jeremy Kemp
Gunner, H.M.S. Achilles (uncredited)

John Le Mesurier
Reverend George Groves - Padre, HMS Exeter

Cyril Luckham
Lieutenant Jasper Abbot, H.M.S. Achilles

Donald Moffat
Swanston, Lookout, H.M.S. Ajax (uncredited)
George Murcell
Chief Officer, Newton Beach

Anthony Newley
Radio Operator, Tairoa, Prisoner on Admiral Graf Spee

Nigel Stock
Chief Officer, Tairoa, Prisoner on Admiral Graf Spee

Barry Foster
Bill Roper - Capt. Bell's Messenger, HMS Exeter

Ambrosine Phillpotts
Mrs. Millington-Drake, Montevideo

Tony Wager
Lookout, HMS Ajax

Brian Worth
Radio Operator, Doric Star, Prisoner on Graf Spee
Patrick Westwood
Archer, HMS Ajax
Chris Adcock
British Seaman (Prisoner on Graf Spee) (uncredited)
Michael Collins
Chief Yeoman, HMS Ajax (uncredited)

Patrick Jordan
Signalman, Aft-Conning, HMS Exeter (uncredited)

Jeremy Kemp
Gunner, HMS Achilles (uncredited)

Donald Moffat
Swanston - Lookout, HMS Ajax (uncredited)

John Schlesinger
Lieutenant, Graf Spee (uncredited)
Richard Beale
Capt. Pottinger (uncredited)
John Forbes-Robertson
Lt. McBarnett, HMS Exeter (uncredited)
Crews

Michael Powell
Director

Emeric Pressburger
Director

Emeric Pressburger
Writer

Michael Powell
Writer
Brian Easdale
Original Music Composer
Reginald Mills
Editor
Christopher Challis
Director of Photography
Arthur Lawson
Production Design

Michael Powell
Producer

Emeric Pressburger
Producer
Jean Osborne
Publicist
F.S. Bell
Thanks
Arthur Alcott
Production Controller
Charles Orme
Assistant Director
Charles Woodhouse
Thanks
Don Picton
Assistant Art Director
W. Edward Parry
Thanks
F.S. Bell
Technical Advisor
John Brabourne
Production Manager
James Snow
Special Effects
Arthur Stevens
Sound Editor
C. C. Stevens
Sound Recordist
Patrick Dove
Thanks
Patrick Dove
Technical Advisor

Hein Heckroth
Other
Joan Harwood
Thanks
Sydney Streeter
Associate Producer
Austin Dempster
Camera Operator
Bill Warrington
Special Effects
Geoffrey Rodway
Makeup Artist
Gordon K. McCallum
Sound Recordist
Betty Harley
Continuity
Frederic Lewis
Music Director

Earl St. John
Executive Producer
Backdrops & Posters


