The Battle of the River Plate

Pursuit of the Graf Spee

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.

Drama History War

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))