The Battle of the River Plate (film)

The Battle of the River Plate is a 1956 Technicolor British war film in VistaVision by writerdirectorproducer team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, starring John Gregson, Anthony Quayle and Peter Finch. In the United States the film was retitled Pursuit of the Graf Spee.

In the early months of the Second World War, Nazi Germanys Kriegsmarine sends out merchant raiders to attack Allied shipping. The Royal Navy responds with hunting groups whose mission is to stop them. The group that finds the heavily armed pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee near South America is outgunned Graf Spee is equipped with longrange 11inch guns, while the British heavy cruiser Exeter has much lighter 8inch guns, and the light cruisers Ajax and Achilles have 6inch guns. Despite this, they go straight to the attack.The British are led by Commodore Harwood Anthony Quayle, with Captain Woodhouse Ian Hunter commanding flagship Ajax, Captain Bell John Gregson Exeter and Captain Parry Jack Gwillim Achilles. The British use their superior numbers to split her fire by attacking from different directions, but Graf Spee, under Captain Hans Langsdorff Peter Finch, inflicts much damage on her foes Exeter is particularly hard hit and is forced to retire. ........

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