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Directed by
Michael Powell 
Emeric Pressburger 
 
Writing credits
Michael Powell (written by) &
Emeric Pressburger (written by)

Cast (in credits order) complete, awaiting verification
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 Minister, Montevideo
Peter Illing ... Dr. Guani - Foreign Minister, Uruguay

Michael Goodliffe ... Captain McCall - R.N., British Naval Attache for Buenos Aires
Patrick Macnee ... Lieutenant Commander Medley - R.N.
John Chandos ... Dr. Langmann - German Minister, Montevideo
Douglas Wilmer ... M. Desmoulins - French Minister, Montevideo
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 Graff Spee'
María Mercedes ... Madame X (credit only)

John Schlesinger ... Prisoner on Graf Spee
John Le Mesurier ... Rev. George Groves, Padre, HMS Exeter
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
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 (uncredited)
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 (uncredited)
Richard Burrell ... Navigator (HMS Exeter) (uncredited)
Tony Burton ... Young Sailor, Aft-conning, HMS Exeter (uncredited)
David Cameron ... Pilot Officer Lewin, pilot, spotter plane, HMS Ajax (uncredited)
Alan Casley ... Rating, Aft-conning, HMS Exeter (uncredited)
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, prisoner on Graf Spee (uncredited)
Denton De Gray ... Observer Kearney, Spotter plane, HMS Ajax (uncredited)
Maxwell Denne ... Petty Officer - HMS Achilles (uncredited)
Captain Patrick Dove ... Capt., Streonshalh, prisoner on Graf Spee (uncredited)
Peter Dyneley ... Captain, Newton Beach, prisoner on Graf Spee (uncredited)
Eynon Evans ... Chief Engineer, Newton Beach, prisoner on Graf Spee (uncredited)
Jack Faint ... Chief Officer, Ashlea, prisoner on Graf Spee (uncredited)
Peter Fontaine ... Gunnery Officer, HMS Ajax (uncredited)
John Forbes-Robertson ... Lt. McBarnett, HMS Exeter (uncredited)
Frank Forsyth ... Petty Officer, Bridge, HMS Ajax (uncredited)
Barry Foster ... Bill Roper, Capt. Bell's messenger, HMS Exeter (uncredited)
Colin Free ... 2nd Messenger, HMS Ajax (uncredited)
Richard George ... Chief Officer, Trevannion, prisoner on Graf Spee (uncredited)
Keith Grieve ... Sick Bay P.O. - HMS Achilles (uncredited)
Lucia Guillon ... Telephone Girl, Montevideo (uncredited)
Peter Halliday ... Guani's Secretary, Montevideo (uncredited)
Ken Hayward ... Spotting Officer, Gunnery Control, HMS Exeter (uncredited)
Patrick Horgan ... Signalman - HMS Achilles (uncredited)
Helen Horton ... (uncredited)
Mary Jones ... Miss Shaw, Millington Drake's secretary (uncredited)
Kerry Jordan ... O.S. Rogers - HMS Achilles (uncredited)
Patrick Jordan ... Signalman, Aft-conning, HMS Exeter (uncredited)
Marvin Kane ... (uncredited)
Howard Lang ... 'Guns', HMS Exeter (uncredited)
Frank Lloyd ... Messenger - HMS Achilles (uncredited)
Cyril Luckham ... Lt. Jasper Abbot - HMS Achilles (uncredited)
Kenneth Luckman ... Mess P.O. - HMS Achilles (uncredited)
Ivor Mairants ... Guitarist accompanying Dolores in Montevideo (uncredited)
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 Exeter (uncredited)
Donald Moffat ... Swanston, Look Out, HMS Ajax (uncredited)
George Murcell ... Chief Officer, Newton Beach (uncredited)
Anthony Newley ... Radio Operator, Tairoa, prisoner on Graf Spee (uncredited)
Joseph O'Conner ... Chief Engineer, Doric Star, prisoner on Graf Spee (uncredited)
David Paltenghi ... Customs Officer, Montevideo (uncredited)
Conrad Phillips ... Lt. Washbourne, Gunnery Officer, HMS Achilles (uncredited)
Ambrosine Phillpotts ... Mrs. Millington-Drake, Montevideo (uncredited)
Columba Powell ... Lost child in crowd (uncredited)
Edward Powell ... Chief Officer, Huntsman, prisoner on Graf Spree (uncredited)
Irene Prador ... (uncredited)
Peter Prowse ... Look Out, HMS Exeter (uncredited)
Roy Purcell ... Duty Officer Pennefeather, HMS Ajax (uncredited)
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) (singing voice)
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 Graf Spee (uncredited)
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 (uncredited)
Patrick Westwood ... Archer, HMS Ajax (uncredited)
George Whiting ... Chief Engineer, Aft-conning, HMS Exeter (uncredited)
Ian Whittaker ... Messenger - Boiler Room, HMS Achilles (uncredited)
David Williams ... Look Out, HMS Exeter (uncredited)
Neil Wilson ... Mess P.O. - HMS Achilles (uncredited)
Brian Worth ... Radio Operator, Doric Star, prisoner on Graf Spee (uncredited)
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Produced by
Michael Powell .... producer
Emeric Pressburger .... producer
Earl St. John .... executive producer
Sydney Streeter .... associate producer
 
Original Music by
Brian Easdale 
 
Cinematography by
Christopher Challis (director of photography)
 
Film Editing by
Reginald Mills 
 
Production Design by
Arthur Lawson 
 
Makeup Department
Geoffrey Rodway .... makeup artist
 
Production Management
John Brabourne .... production manager
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Charles Orme .... assistant director
 
Art Department
Hein Heckroth .... artistic adviser
Donald Picton .... assistant art director
Mark Rowe .... props (uncredited)
Bernard Sarron .... set dresser (uncredited)
 
Sound Department
Gordon K. McCallum .... sound recordist
Arthur Stevens .... sound editor
C.C. Stevens .... sound recordist
Harry Fairbairn .... sound assistant (uncredited)
P. Lloyd .... boom operator (uncredited)
 
Special Effects by
James Snow .... special effects
Bill Warrington .... special effects
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Austin Dempster .... camera operator
Ian Jeayes .... still photographer (uncredited)
Jock Sang .... chief electrician (uncredited)
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Jack Dalmayne .... wardrobe (uncredited)
 
Editorial Department
Noreen Ackland .... assembly cutter (uncredited)
 
Music Department
Frederick Lewis .... musical director (as Frederic Lewis)
Muriel Smith .... singing voice: April Olrich (uncredited)
 
Other crew
Arthur Alcott .... production controller: for Pinewood Studios, London, England
Captain F.S. Bell .... naval adviser (as Captain F.S. Bell, C.B., R.N., {Ret'd.})
Captain Patrick Dove .... technical adviser: on the prison sequences - "Graf Spee" (as Captain Patrick Dove of the 'African Shell')
Betty Harley .... continuity
Ralph Medley .... advisor (uncredited)
Jean Osborne .... publicist (uncredited)
Bill Paton .... assistant: Mr. Powell (uncredited)
 
Thanks
Captain Patrick Dove .... especial thanks (as Captain Patrick Dove, Merchant Navy)
Lady Harwood .... especial thanks
Sir W. Edward Parry .... especial thanks (as Admiral Sir W. Edward Parry, K.C.B.)
Sir Charles Woodhouse .... especial thanks (as Admiral Sir Charles Woodhouse, K.C.B.)
 
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