For Freedom
7.0
1 votes
1940
1h 27m
Drama
War
Overview
Made in 1940, this stirringly patriotic film cleverly combined new scenes with genuine newsreel footage. A newsreel journalist is on hand when the Giant German battleship Graf Spee flees into Montevideo Harbour after a punishing encounter with the British warships Exeter and Ajax. As events unfold in a very unexpected way, he is there with his camera to capture the dramatic end to the encounter.
Directed by Castleton Knight, Maurice Elvey
Top cast
Will Fyffe
ChiefA
Anthony Hulme
SteveE
E. V. H. Emmett
Ted / Commentator
Guy Middleton
Pierre
Albert Lieven
Fritz
Hugh McDermott
SamA
Arthur Goullet
IvanB
Bill Russell
Adolf HitlerJ
J.E.T. Harper
Narrator (voice)P
Patrick Dove
Self - Captain Patrick G.G. Dove, S.S. Africa ShellC
Charles Pottinger
Self - Captain Charles Pottinger, S.S. AshleaF
F.M. Murphy
Self - First Officer F.M. Murphy, S.S. TairoaA
Aubrey Jenkins
Self - Enginer-Officer Aubrey Jenkins, S.S. Doric StarE
Engineer Angel
Self - Engineer Angel, S.S. TairoaE
Engineer Walker
Self - Engineer Walker, S.S. TairoaA
Arthur Denton
Terry-Thomas
News ReaderM
Millicent Wolf
Secretary
Jack Raine
CutterP
Pat Williams
CutterDetails
Status
Released
Release date
May 4, 1940
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Language
English
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