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

Drama | 113 minutes
3,06 8 votes

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 (838)

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".

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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

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