Today’s motion picture is a war movie with scenes that happen on December 13. Watch and enjoy this film tonight.
THE BATTLE OF THE RIVER PLATE
The German ship Admiral Graf Spee operates as a commerce raider at the start of the Second World War. The British finally get info on her location and send a task force to attack her. On December 13, 1939 [36:25 to 1:08:45] HMS Ajax, HMS Exeter and HMNZS Achilles battle the German ship Admiral Graf Spee in the River Plate. The damaged German ship sails to the neutral port of Montevideo, Uruguay. British
disinformation leads the captain of the Graf Spee to think a powerful British fleet is on the way. He takes the ship out and scuttles her.
disinformation leads the captain of the Graf Spee to think a powerful British fleet is on the way. He takes the ship out and scuttles her.
The Encyclopedia of Military History from 3500 b.c. to
the Present by R. Ernest Dupuy & Trevor N. Dupuy (Harper & Row, New York, 1977) at page 1053 and the film at 36:30 give the date of the battle.
Producers - Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
Directors - Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
Screenwriters - Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
Runtime – 1 hour 59 minutes
Released - October 29, 1956
Starring –
John Gregson as Captain Frederick "Hookie" Bell
Anthony Quayle as Commodore Henry Harwood
Ian Hunter as Captain Charles Woodhouse
Jack Gwillim as Captain Edward Parry
Bernard Lee as Captain Patrick Dove
Peter Finch as Captain Hans Langsdorff
Lionel Murton as Mike Fowler
Anthony Bushell as Eugen Millington-Drake
Peter Illing as Dr Alberto Guani
Michael Goodliffe as Captain Henry McCall
Patrick Macnee as Lieutenant Commander Ralph Medley
John Chandos as Dr Otto Langmann
Douglas Wilmer as M. Desmoulins
William Squire as Ray Martin
Roger Delgado as Captain Varela
Andrew Cruickshank as Captain William
John Le Mesurier as the Chaplain of HMS ''Exeter''
Christopher Lee as Manolo
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