The Battle of the River Plate (1956) | |
| Director(s) | Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger |
| Producer(s) | Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger, Earl St. John (executive) |
| Top Genres | Action, Adventure, Drama, Historical, War |
| Top Topics | World War II |
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The Battle of the River Plate (1956) was a Action - Adventure Film directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger and produced by Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger and Earl St. John.
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Captain Bell - H.M.S. Exeter:
Can reach Plymouth if ordered...
Captain McCall - R.N., British Naval Attache for Buenos Aires: [McCall is telephoning the British Ambassador in Buenos Aires to try to spread a rumour] An emergency has arisen over the 'Graf Spee'.
British Ambassador in Buenos Aires (Voice): Careful, McCall - security.
Captain McCall - R.N., British Naval Attache for Buenos Aires: I know, sir, but this is most urgent. I have just heard by Admiralty code...
British Ambassador in Buenos Aires (Voice): This isn't a scrambler, you know.
Captain McCall - R.N., British Naval Attache for Buenos Aires: ...that two of our capital ships...
British Ambassador in Buenos Aires (Voice): Are you MAD, McCall? I'm going to hang up!
Captain McCall - R.N., British Naval Attache for Buenos Aires: Sir, I must insist - in this case urgency overrides security.
British Ambassador in Buenos Aires (Voice): 'Urgency overrides security?' Well, well, well, go on, go on.
Captain McCall - R.N., British Naval Attache for Buenos Aires: Both these capital ships will be calling in the next few hours at Bahia...
British Ambassador in Buenos Aires (Voice): I told you before, this is not a scrambler!
Captain McCall - R.N., British Naval Attache for Buenos Aires: ...at Bahia Blanca to refuel.
British Ambassador in Buenos Aires (Voice): MCCALL!
Mr. Millington Drake - British Minister, Montevideo: [Groans] Oh...
Captain McCall - R.N., British Naval Attache for Buenos Aires: They'll be down to their last drop when they arrive.
British Ambassador in Buenos Aires (Voice): Stop it, stop it!
Captain McCall - R.N., British Naval Attache for Buenos Aires: They... they've steamed at full speed for the Plate for obvious reasons...
British Ambassador in Buenos Aires (Voice): Fellow's raving mad.
Captain McCall - R.N., British Naval Attache for Buenos Aires: They request that we arrange for 2,000 tons of fuel oil...
British Ambassador in Buenos Aires (Voice): Really McCall, YOU MUST STOP!
Captain McCall - R.N., British Naval Attache for Buenos Aires: ...of fuel oil to be available in tankers as from tonight.
British Ambassador in Buenos Aires (Voice): [Silence, as Ambassador realises what McCall is doing] Oh... very well, McCall. Yes, we got your message.
[Hangs up]
Ray Martin: The afternoon papers'll be out soon. Knowing how leaky the telephone cables are between here and Buenos Aires, I shall expect to see the headlines screaming that half the British fleet are off Punta del Este.
Captain Langsdorff 'Admiral Graff Spee': [to Captain Dove] Every commander is alone, Captain.
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Captain McCall - R.N., British Naval Attache for Buenos Aires: [McCall is telephoning the British Ambassador in Buenos Aires to try to spread a rumour] An emergency has arisen over the 'Graf Spee'.
British Ambassador in Buenos Aires (Voice): Careful, McCall - security.
Captain McCall - R.N., British Naval Attache for Buenos Aires: I know, sir, but this is most urgent. I have just heard by Admiralty code...
British Ambassador in Buenos Aires (Voice): This isn't a scrambler, you know.
Captain McCall - R.N., British Naval Attache for Buenos Aires: ...that two of our capital ships...
British Ambassador in Buenos Aires (Voice): Are you MAD, McCall? I'm going to hang up!
Captain McCall - R.N., British Naval Attache for Buenos Aires: Sir, I must insist - in this case urgency overrides security.
British Ambassador in Buenos Aires (Voice): 'Urgency overrides security?' Well, well, well, go on, go on.
Captain McCall - R.N., British Naval Attache for Buenos Aires: Both these capital ships will be calling in the next few hours at Bahia...
British Ambassador in Buenos Aires (Voice): I told you before, this is not a scrambler!
Captain McCall - R.N., British Naval Attache for Buenos Aires: ...at Bahia Blanca to refuel.
British Ambassador in Buenos Aires (Voice): MCCALL!
Mr. Millington Drake - British Minister, Montevideo: [Groans] Oh...
Captain McCall - R.N., British Naval Attache for Buenos Aires: They'll be down to their last drop when they arrive.
British Ambassador in Buenos Aires (Voice): Stop it, stop it!
Captain McCall - R.N., British Naval Attache for Buenos Aires: They... they've steamed at full speed for the Plate for obvious reasons...
British Ambassador in Buenos Aires (Voice): Fellow's raving mad.
Captain McCall - R.N., British Naval Attache for Buenos Aires: They request that we arrange for 2,000 tons of fuel oil...
British Ambassador in Buenos Aires (Voice): Really McCall, YOU MUST STOP!
Captain McCall - R.N., British Naval Attache for Buenos Aires: ...of fuel oil to be available in tankers as from tonight.
British Ambassador in Buenos Aires (Voice): [Silence, as Ambassador realises what McCall is doing] Oh... very well, McCall. Yes, we got your message.
[Hangs up]
Ray Martin: The afternoon papers'll be out soon. Knowing how leaky the telephone cables are between here and Buenos Aires, I shall expect to see the headlines screaming that half the British fleet are off Punta del Este.
Captain Langsdorff 'Admiral Graff Spee': [to Captain Dove] Every commander is alone, Captain.
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Facts about
First feature film of Jack Gwillim.
The photo of the Admiral Graf Spee in the captain's cabin was taken at the Fleet Review in Spithead in 1937. The two ships in the background are HMS Hood and HMS Resolution.
Michael Powell had been a big fan of Noel Coward's In Which We Serve, which acted as inspiration for him.
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The photo of the Admiral Graf Spee in the captain's cabin was taken at the Fleet Review in Spithead in 1937. The two ships in the background are HMS Hood and HMS Resolution.
Michael Powell had been a big fan of Noel Coward's In Which We Serve, which acted as inspiration for him.
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