
In the early years of the World War II, the Royal Navy is fighting a desperate battle to keep the Atlantic convoy routes open to supply the British Isles, facing the great danger posed by the many German warships, such as the Admiral Graf Spee, which are scouring the ocean for cargo ships to sink.

as Captain Bell - H.M.S. Exeter

as Commodore Harwood - H.M.S. Ajax

as Captain Woodhouse - H.M.S. Ajax

as Captain Parry - H.M.N. Z. S. Achilles

as Captain Dove - M.S. Africa Shell

as Mike Fowler

as Sir Millington Drake, British Minister, Montevideo

as Dr. Guani, Foreign Minister, Uruguay

as Captain McCall, R.N., British Naval Attache, Buenos Aires

as Lieutenant Commander Medley, R.N.

as Dr. Langmann, German Minister, Montevideo

as M. Desmoulins, French Minister, Montevideo

as Ray Martin

as Captain Varela, Uruguayan Navy

as Captain Stubbs, 'Doric Star'

as Manolo

as Pop

as Dolores

as Captain Langsdorff, "Admiral Graf Spee"

as Narrator

as Reverend George Groves - Padre, HMS Exeter

as Lieutenant Jasper Abbot, H.M.S. Achilles

as Chief Officer, Newton Beach

as Radio Operator, Tairoa, Prisoner on Admiral Graf Spee

as Chief Officer, Tairoa, Prisoner on Admiral Graf Spee

as Bill Roper - Capt. Bell's Messenger, HMS Exeter

as Mrs. Millington-Drake, Montevideo

as Lookout, HMS Ajax

as Radio Operator, Doric Star, Prisoner on Graf Spee

as Archer, HMS Ajax

as British Seaman (Prisoner on Graf Spee) (uncredited)

as Chief Yeoman, HMS Ajax (uncredited)

as Signalman, Aft-Conning, HMS Exeter (uncredited)

as Gunner, HMS Achilles (uncredited)

as Swanston - Lookout, HMS Ajax (uncredited)

as Lieutenant, Graf Spee (uncredited)

as Capt. Pottinger (uncredited)

as Lt. McBarnett, HMS Exeter (uncredited)

as Guns - HMS Exeter (uncredited)

as American reporter in Uruguay (uncredited)