Film info
The Battle of the River Plate (1956)
Danish title: Havets tigre
Genre(s): Action/Adventure/Drama/History/War
Runtime: 119min. (1h. 59min.)
Language: English
My rating: Not Yet Rated
Cast: (109 - show/hide all)
| 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 | ... | Mr. Millington Drake - British Minister - Montevideo |
| Peter Illing | ... | Dr. Guani - Foreign Minister - Uruguay |
| Michael Goodliffe | ... | Captain McCall - R.N. - British Naval Attache for 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 |
| Douglas Argent | ... | Sub. Lieutenant - HMS Ajax |
| Vincent Ball | ... | Barnes - HMS Achilles |
| Ken Barker | ... | Marine Officer / HMS Ajax |
| Michael Barnes | ... | Midshipman - HMS Ajax |
| Raymond Barrie | ... | Shirley - HMS Achilles |
| Terence Bayler | ... | Stoker - HMS Achilles |
| Alan Beale | ... | Capt. Pttinger - prisoner on Graf Spee |
| Richard Beale | ... | Captain Pottinger |
| David Benson | ... | Marine Officer - HMS Ajax |
| John Britton | ... | Navigator - HMS Ajax |
| Robert Bruce | ... | Lt. Cmdr. Smith - HMS Exeter |
| Anna Burden | ... | Madame Desmoulins - Montevideo |
| Richard Burrell | ... | Navigator (HMS Exeter) |
| Tony Burton | ... | Young Sailor - Aft-conning - HMS Exeter |
| David Cameron | ... | Pilot Officer Lewin - pilot - spotter plane - HMS Ajax |
| Alan Casley | ... | Rating - Aft-conning - HMS Exeter |
| Ronald Clarke | ... | Prisoner on Graf Spee |
| Michael Collins | ... | Chief Yeoman - HMS Ajax |
| James Copeland | ... | Chief Yeoman - HMS Achilles |
| Robert Crewdson | ... | Minor Role |
| Tita Dane | ... | Unname character |
| Gron Davies | ... | Chief Engineer - Trevannionion - prisoner on Graf Spee |
| Denton De Gray | ... | Observer Kearney - Spotter plane - HMS Ajax |
| Maxwell Denne | ... | Petty Officer - HMS Achilles |
| Patrick Dove | ... | Capt. - Streonshalh - prisoner on Graf Spee |
| Peter Dyneley | ... | Captain - Newton Beach - prisoner on Graf Spee |
| Eynon Evans | ... | Chief Engineer - Newton Beach - prisoner on Graf Spee |
| Jack Faint | ... | Chief Officer - Ashlea - prisoner on Graf Spee |
| Peter Fontaine | ... | Gunnery Officer - HMS Ajax |
| John Forbes-Robertson | ... | Lt. McBarnett - HMS Exeter |
| Frank Forsyth | ... | Petty Officer - Bridge - HMS Ajax |
| Barry Foster | ... | Bill Roper - Capt. Bell's messenger - HMS Exeter |
| Colin Free | ... | 2nd Messenger - HMS Ajax |
| Richard George | ... | Chief Officer - Trevannion - prisoner on Graf Spee |
| Keith Grieve | ... | Sick Bay P.O. - HMS Achilles |
| Lucia Guillon | ... | Telephone Girl - Montevideo |
| Peter Halliday | ... | Guani's Secretary - Montevideo |
| Ken Hayward | ... | Spotting Officer - Gunnery Control - HMS Exeter |
| Patrick Horgan | ... | Signalman - HMS Achilles |
| Helen Horton | ... | Unname character |
| Mary Jones | ... | Miss Shaw - Millington Drake's secretary |
| Kerry Jordan | ... | O.S. Rogers - HMS Achilles |
| Patrick Jordan | ... | Signalman - Aft-conning - HMS Exeter |
| Marvin Kane | ... | Unname character |
| Howard Lang | ... | 'Guns' - HMS Exeter |
| John Le Mesurier | ... | Rev. George Groves - Padre - HMS Exeter |
| Frank Lloyd | ... | Messenger - HMS Achilles |
| Cyril Luckham | ... | Lt. Jasper Abbot - HMS Achilles |
| Kenneth Luckman | ... | Mess P.O. - HMS Achilles |
| Ivor Mairants | ... | Guitarist Accompanying Dolores in Montevideo |
| Alan Masterson | ... | Midshipman - HMS Exeter |
| Jack Mayne | ... | Unname character |
| Lane Meddick | ... | P.O. Stacey - HMS Achilles |
| John Merivale | ... | Cowburn - HMS Achilles |
| Kenneth Midwood | ... | Petty Officer - Gunnery Control - HMS Exeter |
| Donald Moffat | ... | Swanston - Look Out - HMS Ajax |
| George Murcell | ... | Chief Officer - Newton Beach |
| Anthony Newley | ... | Radio Operator - Tairoa - prisoner on Graf Spee |
| Joseph O'Conner | ... | Chief Engineer - Doric Star - prisoner on Graf Spee |
| David Paltenghi | ... | Customs Officer - Montevideo |
| Conrad Phillips | ... | Lt. Washbourne - Gunnery Officer - HMS Achilles |
| Ambrosine Phillpotts | ... | Mrs. Millington-Drake - Montevideo |
| Columba Powell | ... | Lost Child in Crowd |
| Edward Powell | ... | Chief Officer - Huntsman - prisoner on Graf Spree |
| Irene Prador | ... | Unname character |
| Peter Prowse | ... | Look Out - HMS Exeter |
| Roy Purcell | ... | Duty Officer Pennefeather - HMS Ajax |
| Rive Rola | ... | Unname character |
| Alan Rolfe | ... | Petty Officer - HMS Exeter |
| David Rose | ... | Boy Dorset - HMNZS Achilles |
| John Schlesinger | ... | Prisoner on Graf Spee |
| Peter Scott | ... | 1st Messenger - HMS Ajax |
| Peter Smallwood | ... | Spotting Officer - HMS Ajax |
| Muriel Smith | ... | Dolores - Montevideo (singing voice) |
| Julian Somers | ... | Quartermaster on Graf Spee |
| Barry Steele | ... | Midshipman - HMS Ajax |
| Graham Stewart | ... | Signalman - HMS Exeter |
| Nigel Stock | ... | Chief Officer - Tairoa - prisoner on Graf Spee |
| Alan Townsend | ... | Duty Officer - HMS Ajax |
| Guy Verney | ... | Cmdr. Graham - HMS Exeter |
| Tony Wager | ... | Look Out - HMS Ajax |
| Colin Wall | ... | Boy Bugler - HMS Exeter |
| John Warren | ... | Chief Yeoman Signals - HMS Exeter |
| Patrick Westwood | ... | Archer - HMS Ajax |
| George Whiting | ... | Chief Engineer - Aft-conning - HMS Exeter |
| Ian Whittaker | ... | Messenger - Boiler Room - HMS Achilles |
| David Williams | ... | Look Out - HMS Exeter |
| Neil Wilson | ... | Mess P.O. - HMS Achilles |
| Brian Worth | ... | Radio Operator - Doric Star - prisoner on Graf Spee |
Crew:
| Michael Powell Emeric Pressburger | ... | Direction |
| Michael Powell Emeric Pressburger | ... | Script |
| Brian Easdale | ... | Music |