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Pursuit Of The Graf Spee

1956, Movie, NR, 106 mins

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The penultimate Powell-Pressburger collaboration, THE PURSUIT OF THE GRAF SPEE (as it is known to US audiences) is a workmanlike filmization of an actual WW II naval battle between Great Britain and Germany. Much feared by the Allies in the waters of the south Atlantic is the swift German raider the Admiral Graf Spee, the pride of the German naval forces, captained by the intelligent and humanistic Capt. Hans Langsdorff (Peter Finch). Having sunk a number of Allied ships, th... read more leave a comment
Year: 1956
Rated NR

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Cast
John Gregson: Capt. F.S. Bell, "Exeter"
Anthony Quayle: Cmdr. Henry Harwood, "Ajax"
Peter Finch: Capt. Hans Langsdorff, "Admiral Graf Spee"
Ian Hunter: Capt. Woodhouse, "Ajax"
Jack Gwillim: Capt. Parry, "Achilles"
Bernard Lee: Capt. Patrick Dove, "Africa Shell"

 

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