Pursuit of the Graf Spee

1956

English

6.6

♡ 9

82%

Michael Powell Director

Nigel Stock as Chief Officer, Tairoa, Prisoner on Graf Spee

David Farrar as Narrator

John Le Mesurier as Rev. George Groves - Padre, HMS Exeter

Patrick Jordan as Signalman, Aft-Conning, HMS Exeter

In the early years of the World War II, the Royal Navy is fighting a desperate battle to keep the Atlantic convoy routes open to supply the British Isles, facing the great danger posed by the many German warships, such as the Admiral Graf Spee, which are scouring the ocean for cargo ships to sink.