Captain Bell - H.M.S. Exeter
John Gregson
Commodore Harwood - H.M.S. Ajax
Anthony Quayle
Dr. Langmann, German Minister, Montevideo
John Chandos
M. Desmoulins, French Minister, Montevideo
Douglas Wilmer
Ray Martin
William Squire
Captain Varela, Uruguayan Navy
Roger Delgado
Captain Stubbs, 'Doric Star'
Andrew Cruickshank
Manolo
Christopher Lee
Pop
Edward Atienza
Dolores
April Olrich
Captain Langsdorff, "Admiral Graf Spee"
Peter Finch
Narrator
David Farrar
Captain Woodhouse - H.M.S. Ajax
Ian Hunter
Gunner, H.M.S. Achilles (uncredited)
Jeremy Kemp
Reverend George Groves - Padre, HMS Exeter
John Le Mesurier
Lieutenant Jasper Abbot, H.M.S. Achilles
Cyril Luckham
Swanston, Lookout, H.M.S. Ajax (uncredited)
Donald Moffat
Chief Officer, Newton Beach
George Murcell
Radio Operator, Tairoa, Prisoner on Admiral Graf Spee
Anthony Newley
Chief Officer, Tairoa, Prisoner on Admiral Graf Spee
Nigel Stock
Bill Roper - Capt. Bell's Messenger, HMS Exeter
Barry Foster
Mrs. Millington-Drake, Montevideo
Ambrosine Phillpotts
Lookout, HMS Ajax
Tony Wager
Captain Parry - H.M.N. Z. S. Achilles
Jack Gwillim
Radio Operator, Doric Star, Prisoner on Graf Spee
Brian Worth
Archer, HMS Ajax
Patrick Westwood
British Seaman (Prisoner on Graf Spee) (uncredited)
Chris Adcock
Chief Yeoman, HMS Ajax (uncredited)
Michael Collins
Signalman, Aft-Conning, HMS Exeter (uncredited)
Patrick Jordan
Gunner, HMS Achilles (uncredited)
Swanston - Lookout, HMS Ajax (uncredited)
Lieutenant, Graf Spee (uncredited)
John Schlesinger
Capt. Pottinger (uncredited)
Richard Beale
Lt. McBarnett, HMS Exeter (uncredited)
John Forbes-Robertson
Captain Dove - M.S. Africa Shell
Bernard Lee
Mike Fowler
Lionel Murton
Sir Millington Drake, British Minister, Montevideo
Anthony Bushell
Dr. Guani, Foreign Minister, Uruguay
Peter Illing
Captain McCall, R.N., British Naval Attache, Buenos Aires
Michael Goodliffe
Lieutenant Commander Medley, R.N.
Patrick Macnee
Director
Emeric Pressburger
Writer
Producer
Michael Powell
Executive Producer
Earl St. John
Original Music Composer
Brian Easdale
Editor
Reginald Mills
Director of Photography
Christopher Challis
Production Design
Arthur Lawson
Publicist
Jean Osborne
Thanks
F.S. Bell
Production Controller
Arthur Alcott
Assistant Director
Charles Orme
Charles Woodhouse
Assistant Art Director
Don Picton
W. Edward Parry
Technical Advisor
Production Manager
John Brabourne
Special Effects
James Snow
Sound Editor
Arthur Stevens
Sound Recordist
C. C. Stevens
Patrick Dove
Other
Hein Heckroth
Joan Harwood
Associate Producer
Sydney Streeter
Camera Operator
Austin Dempster
Bill Warrington
Makeup Artist
Geoffrey Rodway
Gordon K. McCallum
Continuity
Betty Harley
Music Director
Frederic Lewis