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unusual facts about The Battle of the River Plate



F. S. Bell

In the 1956 film The Battle of the River Plate, Bell was played by John Gregson.

John Merivale

In 1956 he made his second film appearance, in The Battle of the River Plate, and went on to have supporting roles in films such as A Night to Remember (1958), Circus of Horrors (1960), The List of Adrian Messenger (1963), in which he played the title character, who is killed thirteen minutes into the film, King Rat (1965), and Arabesque (1966).

VistaVision

White Christmas, Strategic Air Command, To Catch a Thief and The Battle of the River Plate (a.k.a. Pursuit of the Graf Spee) had very limited (two or three) prints struck in the 8-perf VistaVision format in which they were shot.


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