Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst (1957)
Genre: Drama / War
Duration: 113 minuten
Alternative titles: Battle Hell / Escape of the Amethyst / Their Greatest Glory
Country:
United Kingdom
Directed by: Michael Anderson
Stars: Richard Todd, William Hartnell and Akim Tamiroff
IMDb score:
6,8 (850)
Releasedate: 1 April 1957
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Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst plot
In 1949, the English warship HMS Amethyst ran aground on the Yangste River during the Communist takeover in China and after being fired upon by them. The British government demands their ship back, but is now also stranded on the Communist bureaucracy and propaganda led by the cunning Chinese Colonel Peng. Lieutenant Commander Kerans of HMS Amethyst now has the task of sailing his ship further down the Yangste River under cover of night and unbeknownst to his Chinese "hosts".
Actors and actresses
Lieutenant-Commander John Simon Kerans
Leading Seaman Leslie Frank
Colonel Peng
Lieutenant Weston
Captain Kuo Tai
Miss Charlotte Dunlap
Flight Lieutenant Fearnley
Lieutenant Strain
Petty Officer McCarthy
Mr. Monaghan
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