The Battle of the River Plate (film)
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The Battle of the River Plate (a.k.a. Pursuit of the Graf Spee in the United States) is a 1956 British war film in Technicolor and VistaVision by the writer-director-producer team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. The film stars John Gregson, Anthony Quayle, Bernard Lee and Peter Finch. It was distributed worldwide by Rank Film Distributors Ltd.
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The Battle of the River Plate (Pursuit of the Graf Spee) | |
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Directed by | Michael Powell Emeric Pressburger |
Written by | Michael Powell Emeric Pressburger |
Produced by | Michael Powell Emeric Pressburger |
Starring | John Gregson Anthony Quayle Peter Finch |
Narrated by | David Farrar |
Cinematography | Christopher Challis |
Edited by | Reginald Mills |
Music by | Brian Easdale |
Distributed by | Rank Film Distributors Ltd. |
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Running time | 119 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Budget | £275,348[1][2] |
Box office | $750,000 (US)[3] |
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The film's storyline concerns the Battle of the River Plate, an early World War II naval engagement in 1939 between a Royal Navy force of three cruisers and the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee.