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Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst (1957)
Directed by Michael Anderson
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.
Length 113 minutes
Actors
Richard Todd | William Hartnell | Akim Tamiroff | Donald Houston | Keye Luke | Sophie Stewart | Robert Urquhart | Richard Leech | Barry Foster | Thomas Heathcote | Sam Kydd | Ewen Solon | Kenneth Cope | Alfred Burke | Richard Coleman | Ian Bannen | Gene Anderson | Bernard Cribbins | Brian Smith | Ray Jackson | Anthony Chinn | Allan Cuthbertson | Basil Dignam | John Paul | Ralph Truman | Jeremy Burnham | Cyril Luckham | Michael Brill | Ballard Berkeley | Keith Faulkner | Rhett Ward | Philip Vickers | Tsai Chin