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Director: Michael Anderson
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From Time Out Film Guide
This well-worn '50s actioner of the stiff-upper-lip school has Richard Todd as the Lt Commander of HMS Amethyst, a crippled British cruiser caught on the Yangtse in 1949 and narrowly escaping capture by the Chinese communist forces. Screenwriter Eric Ambler marshals the facts into the usual account of true-Brit resolve, and the production looks the part.Author: TJ
Cast & crew
Director: Michael Anderson
Producer: Herbert Wilcox
Cast: Richard Todd, William Hartnell, Akim Tamiroff, Donald Houston, Keye Luke, Robert Urquhart, Barry Foster, Sam Kydd full cast
Genre(s): War
Duration: 113 mins
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