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"Pursuit of
the Graf Spee"
The USS Salem starred as the
German Pocket Battleship "Admiral Graf Spee" in the 1956 English
film, "The Battle of the River Plate". The film was released in the
United States in 1957 under a different title, "Pursuit of the Graf
Spee".
 Widely
regarded as one of the best and most intelligent British war dramas
of the 1950s, The Battle of River Plate is the story of Britain's
first significant naval victory in WW2. John Gregson heads the cast
as Captain Bell, skipper of the Exeter, one of several vessels
engaged in pursuit of the "indestructible" German battleship Graf
Spee. Taking refuge in the neutral harbor of Montevideo, the Graf
Spee is covertly protected by the Uruguayan government. Eventually,
however, German captain Langsdorff (Peter Finch) is faced with a
difficult decision: either stand his ground and fight a losing
battle against the Exeter and its sister ships, or scuttle the Graf
Spee and save the lives of his crew. Battle of the River Plate was
released in the US as Pursuit of the Graf Spee.
 
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