The Battle of the River Plate

"Pursuit of the Graf Spee"

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Ratings & Reviews

6.3/10

65 votes

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Box Office Performance

Financial performance & earnings

Budget

$280,000

Production Cost

Worldwide

$750,000

Global Box Office

Profit

+$470,000

ROI: +168%

Budget Recovery268% of budget

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60-Day Views

8.3K

Daily Avg

138

7-Day Trend

-1%

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Filming Locations

Where this movie was filmed

Malta

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Story Setting

Set In

Uruguay

Themes & Subjects

#battleoftheriverplate

Extended Crew & Production

Cinematography

Christopher Challis

Film Editing

Reginald Mills

Music / Score

Brian Easdale

Production Design

Arthur Lawson

Distributors

The Rank OrganisationNetflix

Technical Specifications

Color

color

Format

video on demand

Where to Watch The Battle of the River Plate

Available in 7 countries

Country	Stream	Free	Rent	Buy
United States of AmericaNR	Amazon Prime Video, FlixFling, ScreenPix Apple TV Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, ScreenPix Amazon Channel	YouTube Free	FlixFling	FlixFling
United KingdomU	—	—	—	Amazon Video
Canada	Amazon Prime Video, FlixFling, Amazon Prime Video with Ads	—	FlixFling	FlixFling
Australia	—	SBS On Demand	—	—

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Age Ratings by Country

United StatesNR

United KingdomU

Germany12

Production

Directors

Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger

Writers

Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell

Production Companies

The Archers

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.N. Z. S. Achilles

Bernard Lee

Captain Dove - M.S. Africa Shell

Lionel Murton

Mike Fowler

Anthony Bushell

Sir Millington Drake, British Minister, Montevideo

Peter Illing

Dr. Guani, Foreign Minister, Uruguay

Michael Goodliffe

Captain McCall, R.N., British Naval Attache, Buenos Aires

Patrick Macnee

Lieutenant Commander Medley, R.N.

John Chandos

Dr. Langmann, German Minister, Montevideo

Douglas Wilmer

M. Desmoulins, French Minister, Montevideo

Tags & Keywords

atlantic oceanworld war iiroyal navynaval warfaregerman navymontevideo, uruguay

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