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Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst (1957)

ALL 04/01/1957 (en) War 113 Min
  • Release
    04/01/1957
  • Production
    British Lion Films, Wilcox-Neagle
  • Rotten tomato
    72%
  • Original title
    Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Overview

While sailing lawfully up the Yangste in 1949, the British warship Amethyst found its return to the open sea blocked by Communist Chinese shore batteries that unexpectedly opened fire. In charge, Lietenant Commander Kerans was not however prepared for his crew and his ship to remain as a hostage for the Chinese to use as an international pawn.

  1. Michael Anderson

    Director

  3. Basil Warren

    Editor

  4. Herbert Wilcox

    Producer



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  1. Richard Todd

    Lieutenant-Commander John Simon Kerans

  2. William Hartnell

    Leading Seaman Leslie Frank

  3. Akim Tamiroff

    Colonel Peng

  4. Donald Houston

    Lieutenant Weston

  5. Keye Luke

    Captain Kuo Tai

  6. Sophie Stewart

    Miss Charlotte Dunlap

  7. Robert Urquhart

    Flight Lieutenant Fearnley

  8. Richard Leech

    Lieutenant Strain

  9. Barry Foster

    Petty Officer McCarthy

  10. Thomas Heathcote

    Mr. Monaghan

  11. Sam Kydd

    Able Seaman Walker

  12. Ewen Solon

    ERA Williams

  13. Kenneth Cope

    Mr. McNamara

  14. Alfred Burke

    Petty Officer

  15. Richard Coleman

    Lieutenant Commander Skinner

  16. Ian Bannen

    Able Seaman Bannister

  17. Gene Anderson

    Ruth Worth

  18. Bernard Cribbins

    Able Seaman James Bryson

  19. Brian Smith

    Boy Martin

  20. Ray Jackson

    Telegraphist Jack Leonard French

  21. Anthony Chinn

    PLA Officer

  22. Allan Cuthbertson

    Captain Donaldson

  23. Basil Dignam

    Sir Lionel Henry Lamb, British Ambassador to China

  24. John Paul

    Staff Officer Operations

  25. Ralph Truman

    Vice Admiral

  26. Jeremy Burnham

    Flag Lieutenant

  27. Cyril Luckham

    Commander in Chief

  28. Michael Brill

    Lieutenant Peter Egerton

  29. Ballard Berkeley

    Lieutenant Colonel Dewar-Curie

  30. Keith Faulkner

    Signalman

  31. Rhett Ward

    Lieutenant Mirehouse

  32. Philip Vickers

    Surgeon Lieutenant Packard

  33. Tsai Chin

    Sampan Woman

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 33 , Crews : 11

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Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst (1957) 113 Min

ALL 04/01/1957 (en)
War
  • Release 04/01/1957
  • Production
    British Lion Films, Wilcox-Neagle
  • Original title Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

While sailing lawfully up the Yangste in 1949, the British warship Amethyst found its return to the open sea blocked by Communist Chinese shore batteries that unexpectedly opened fire. In charge, Lietenant Commander Kerans was not however prepared for his crew and his ship to remain as a hostage for the Chinese to use as an international pawn.

  1. Michael Anderson

    Director

  2. Franklin Gollings

    Story

  3. Basil Warren

    Editor

  4. Herbert Wilcox

    Producer



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