For Freedom
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.
Cast & Crew
Will Fyffe
Chief
Anthony Hulme
Steve
E. V. H. Emmett
Ted / Commentator
Guy Middleton
Pierre
Albert Lieven
Fritz
Hugh McDermott
Sam
Arthur Goullet
Ivan
Bill Russell
Adolf Hitler
J.E.T. Harper
Narrator (voice)
Patrick Dove
Self - Captain Patrick G.G. Dove, S.S. Africa Shell
Charles Pottinger
Self - Captain Charles Pottinger, S.S. Ashlea
F.M. Murphy
Self - First Officer F.M. Murphy, S.S. Tairoa
Aubrey Jenkins
Self - Enginer-Officer Aubrey Jenkins, S.S. Doric Star
Engineer Angel
Self - Engineer Angel, S.S. Tairoa
Engineer Walker
Self - Engineer Walker, S.S. Tairoa
Arthur Denton
Terry-Thomas
News Reader
Millicent Wolf
Secretary
Jack Raine
Cutter
Pat Williams
Cutter
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