The Battle of the River Plate

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  John Gregson

  Captain Bell - H.M.S. Exeter

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  Anthony Quayle

  Commodore Harwood - H.M.S. Ajax

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  Ian Hunter

  Captain Woodhouse - H.M.S. Ajax

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  Jack Gwillim

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

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  Bernard Lee

  Captain Dove - M.S. Africa Shell

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  Lionel Murton

  Mike Fowler

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  Anthony Bushell

  Sir Millington Drake, British Minister, Montevideo

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  Peter Illing

  Dr. Guani, Foreign Minister, Uruguay

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  Michael Goodliffe

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

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  Patrick Macnee

  Lieutenant Commander Medley, R.N.

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  John Chandos

  Dr. Langmann, German Minister, Montevideo

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  Douglas Wilmer

  M. Desmoulins, French Minister, Montevideo

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  William Squire

  Ray Martin

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  Roger Delgado

  Captain Varela, Uruguayan Navy

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  Andrew Cruickshank

  Captain Stubbs, 'Doric Star'

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  Christopher Lee

  Manolo

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  Edward Atienza

  Pop

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  April Olrich

  Dolores

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  Peter Finch

  Captain Langsdorff, "Admiral Graf Spee"

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  David Farrar

  Narrator

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  Jeremy Kemp

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

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  John Le Mesurier

  Reverend George Groves - Padre, HMS Exeter

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  Cyril Luckham

  Lieutenant Jasper Abbot, H.M.S. Achilles

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  Donald Moffat

  Swanston, Lookout, H.M.S. Ajax (uncredited)

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  George Murcell

  Chief Officer, Newton Beach

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  Anthony Newley

  Radio Operator, Tairoa, Prisoner on Admiral Graf Spee

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  Nigel Stock

  Chief Officer, Tairoa, Prisoner on Admiral Graf Spee

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  Barry Foster

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

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  Ambrosine Phillpotts

  Mrs. Millington-Drake, Montevideo

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  Tony Wager

  Lookout, HMS Ajax

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  Brian Worth

  Radio Operator, Doric Star, Prisoner on Graf Spee

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  Patrick Westwood

  Archer, HMS Ajax

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  Chris Adcock

  British Seaman (Prisoner on Graf Spee) (uncredited)

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  Michael Collins

  Chief Yeoman, HMS Ajax (uncredited)

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  Patrick Jordan

  Signalman, Aft-Conning, HMS Exeter (uncredited)

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  Jeremy Kemp

  Gunner, HMS Achilles (uncredited)

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  Donald Moffat

  Swanston - Lookout, HMS Ajax (uncredited)

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  John Schlesinger

  Lieutenant, Graf Spee (uncredited)

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  Richard Beale

  Capt. Pottinger (uncredited)

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  John Forbes-Robertson

  Lt. McBarnett, HMS Exeter (uncredited)