La Bataille du Rio de la Plata (1956)
The Battle of the River Plate
Réalisateurs : Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Scénaristes : Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell
Genres : Drame, Histoire, Guerre
119 minutes
Status : Released
Budget : 280 000 $
Langues : English, Deutsch, Español
Pays : United Kingdom
Société de production : The Archers
Synopsis
Le film retrace l'épisode de la Bataille du Rio de la Plata qui eut lieu durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, dans laquelle la British Navy localisa et détruisit un puissant cuirassé de poche allemand (panzerschiffe), l’Admiral Graf Spee qui menaçait les convois de ravitaillement
- 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
- John Le Mesurier - Reverend George Groves - Padre, HMS Exeter
- Cyril Luckham - Lieutenant Jasper Abbot, H.M.S. Achilles
- 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)
- Howard Lang - Guns - HMS Exeter (uncredited)
