Pursuit of the Graf Spee

Pursuit of the Graf Spee
Release Date: Jan 1956
Genres: Action / Adventure / Drama / History / War
Awards: Nominated for 3 BAFTA Film Awards.
Runtime: 106 min.
Set during the early years of World War II, the War in the Atlantic. The Royal Navy was fighting a desperate battle to keep the convoy routes open to keep the British Isles supplied. One great danger was the surface raiders, huge cruisers called "pocket battleships" that slipped out of German waters just before war was declared. The "Bismarck", The "Scharnhorst", The "Gneissau" and The "Graf Spee" were supplied by tanker & could strike anywhere. This is the story of how 3 lightly armed cruisers with only 6 and 8 inch guns boldly took on a powerful pocket battleship armed with 11 inch guns. They should have been blown out of the water before they could fire a single shot but ...
Cast
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.S. Achilles)
Bernard Lee (Captain Dove - M.S. Africa Shell)
Lionel Murton (Mike Fowler)
Anthony Bushell (Mr. Millington Drake - British...)
Peter Illing (Dr. Guani - Foreign Minister, Uruguay)
Michael Goodliffe (Captain McCall - R.N., British Naval...)
Patrick Macnee (Lieutenant Commander Medley - R.N.)
John Chandos (Dr. Langmann - German Minister,...)
Douglas Wilmer (M. Desmoulins - French Minister,...)
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...)
Marķa Mercedes (Madame X (credit only))
John Schlesinger (Prisoner on Graf Spee)
John Le Mesurier (Rev. George Groves, Padre, HMS Exeter)
David Farrar (Narrator)
John Merivale (Cowburn - Pilot - HMS Achilles)
Douglas Argent (Sub. Lieutenant, HMS Ajax (uncredited))
Vincent Ball (Barnes - HMS Achilles (uncredited))
Ken Barker (Marine Officer / HMS Ajax (uncredited))
Michael Barnes (Midshipman, HMS Ajax (uncredited))
Raymond Barrie (Shirley - HMS Achilles (uncredited))
Terence Bayler (Stoker - HMS Achilles (uncredited))
Alan Beale (Capt. Pttinger, prisoner on Graf Spee...)
Richard Beale (Captain Pottinger (uncredited))
David Benson (Marine Officer, HMS Ajax (uncredited))
John Britton (Navigator, HMS Ajax (uncredited))
Robert Bruce (Lt. Cmdr. Smith, HMS Exeter (uncredited))
Anna Burden (Madame Desmoulins, Montevideo...)
Richard Burrell (Navigator (HMS Exeter) (uncredited))
Tony Burton (Young Sailor, Aft-conning, HMS Exeter...)
David Cameron (Pilot Officer Lewin, pilot, spotter...)
Alan Casley (Rating, Aft-conning, HMS Exeter...)
Ronald Clarke (Prisoner on Graf Spee (uncredited))
Michael Collins (Chief Yeoman, HMS Ajax (uncredited))
James Copeland (Chief Yeoman - HMS Achilles (uncredited))
Tita Dane ((uncredited))
Gron Davies (Chief Engineer, Trevannionion,...)
Denton De Gray (Observer Kearney, Spotter plane, HMS...)
Maxwell Denne (Petty Officer - HMS Achilles...)
Patrick Dove (Capt., Streonshalh, prisoner on Graf...)
Peter Dyneley (Captain, Newton Beach, prisoner on...)
Eynon Evans (Chief Engineer, Newton Beach,...)
Jack Faint (Chief Officer, Ashlea, prisoner on...)
Peter Fontaine (Gunnery Officer, HMS Ajax (uncredited))
John Forbes-Robertson (Lt. McBarnett, HMS Exeter (uncredited))
Frank Forsyth (Petty Officer, Bridge, HMS Ajax...)
Barry Foster (Bill Roper, Capt. Bell's...)
Colin Free (2nd Messenger, HMS Ajax (uncredited))
Richard George (Chief Officer, Trevannion, prisoner...)
Keith Grieve (Sick Bay P.O. - HMS Achilles...)
Lucia Guillon (Telephone Girl, Montevideo (uncredited))
Peter Halliday (Guani's Secretary, Montevideo...)
Ken Hayward (Spotting Officer, Gunnery Control,...)
Patrick Horgan (Signalman - HMS Achilles (uncredited))
Helen Horton ((uncredited))
Mary Jones (Miss Shaw, Millington Drake's...)
Kerry Jordan (O.S. Rogers - HMS Achilles (uncredited))
Patrick Jordan (Signalman, Aft-conning, HMS Exeter...)
Marvin Kane ((uncredited))
Howard Lang ('Guns', HMS Exeter...)
Frank Lloyd (Messenger - HMS Achilles (uncredited))
Cyril Luckham (Lt. Jasper Abbot - HMS Achilles...)
Kenneth Luckman (Mess P.O. - HMS Achilles (uncredited))
Ivor Mairants (Guitarist accompanying Dolores in...)
Alan Masterson (Midshipman, HMS Exeter (uncredited))
Jack Mayne ((uncredited))
Lane Meddick (P.O. Stacey - HMS Achilles (uncredited))
John Merrivale (Cowburn - HMS Achilles (uncredited))
Kenneth Midwood (Petty Officer, Gunnery Control, HMS...)
Donald Moffat (Swanston, Look Out, HMS Ajax...)
George Murcell (Chief Officer, Newton Beach (uncredited))
Anthony Newley (Radio Operator, Tairoa, prisoner on...)
Joseph O'Conner (Chief Engineer, Doric Star, prisoner...)
David Paltenghi (Customs Officer, Montevideo (uncredited))
Conrad Phillips (Lt. Washbourne, Gunnery Officer, HMS...)
Ambrosine Phillpotts (Mrs. Millington-Drake, Montevideo...)
Columba Powell (Lost child in crowd (uncredited))
Edward Powell (Chief Officer, Huntsman, prisoner on...)
Irene Prador ((uncredited))
Peter Prowse (Look Out, HMS Exeter (uncredited))
Roy Purcell (Duty Officer Pennefeather, HMS Ajax...)
Rive Rola ((uncredited))
Alan Rolfe (Petty Officer, HMS Exeter (uncredited))
David Rose (Boy Dorset, HMNZS Achilles (uncredited))
Peter Scott (1st Messenger, HMS Ajax (uncredited))
Peter Smallwood (Spotting Officer, HMS Ajax (uncredited))
Muriel Smith (Dolores, Montevideo (uncredited)...)
Julian Somers (Quartermaster on Graf Spee (uncredited))
Barry Steele (Midshipman, HMS Ajax (uncredited))
Graham Stewart (Signalman, HMS Exeter (uncredited))
Nigel Stock (Chief Officer, Tairoa, prisoner on...)
Alan Townsend (Duty Officer, HMS Ajax (uncredited))
Guy Verney (Cmdr. Graham, HMS Exeter (uncredited))
Tony Wager (Look Out, HMS Ajax (uncredited))
Colin Wall (Boy Bugler, HMS Exeter (uncredited))
John Warren (Chief Yeoman Signals, HMS Exeter...)
Patrick Westwood (Archer, HMS Ajax (uncredited))
George Whiting (Chief Engineer, Aft-conning, HMS...)
Ian Whittaker (Messenger - Boiler Room, HMS Achilles...)
David Williams (Look Out, HMS Exeter (uncredited))
Neil Wilson (Mess P.O. - HMS Achilles (uncredited))
Brian Worth (Radio Operator, Doric Star, prisoner...)
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