The Battle of the River Plate 1956  N/R, 119 min.
Genre: Adventure / Action / Drama
aka: Pursuit of the Graf Spee
Director: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Cast: John Gregson, Anthony Quayle, Peter Finch, Ian Hunter, Jack Gwillim, Bernard Lee, Lionel Murton, Anthony Bushell, Peter Illing, Michael Goodliffe, Christopher Lee, Peter Scott, Patrick Macnee, John Chandos, Douglas Wilmer
The Graf Spee, the Bismarck, the Scharnhorst, and the Gneissau were heavily armed German battleships that wreaked havoc on Atlantic shipping in the early stages of World War II. This is the story of outmanned British ships dealing with this threat, and the story is shown through both the German and the British perspectives. Good documentary-style film.
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Hell and High Water 1954 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Samuel Fuller
Cast: Richard Widmark, Bella Darvi, Victor Francen, Cameron Mitchell, Gene Evans, David Wayne, Stephen Bekassy, Richard Loo, Peter Scott, Henry Kulky, Harry Carter, Robert Adler, Rollin Moriyama, Leslie Bradley
In this Cold War era film, Prof. Montel (Victor Francen) and his daughter Denise (Bella Darvi) worry that the U.S. government is not capable of handling a nuclear threat. The solution is to hire ex-Navy Captain Adam Jones (Richard Widmark) to command a submarine as the means of looking for evidence that the Communists are planning to launch a nuclear missile aimed at North Korea and then blame the U.S. for the action. Special effects are impressive–especially when Jones must deal with a Communist Chinese submarine that his own submarine is no match for, and the subs run silent and deep.
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| 1. The Battle of the River Plate (1956)
aka: Pursuit of the Graf Spee
2. Hell and High Water (1954)
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