Yangtse Incident

original title:
Yangtse Incident
other titles:
Battle Hell; Yangtse-Zwischenfall; Yangtse Incident - The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst; Their Greatest Glory; De slog sig igenom; Commando sur le Yang Tsé; Imperiets sønner
country / year of production:
Great Britain / 1957
original length:
113 min. , black/white
premiere:
2 April 1957, London, England
genre:
adventure
based on:
Lawrence Earl. Yangtse Incident. The story of H.M.S. Amethyst, April 20, 1949, to July 31, 1949. London: George G. Harrap & Co., 1950.
director:
Michael Anderson
film script:
Lawrence Earl , Franklin Gollings , Eric Ambler
producer:
Herbert Sydney Wilcox
cinematographer:
Gordon Dines
editor:
Basil Warren
composer:
Leighton Lucas
cast (role):
Richard Andrew Palethorpe Todd (Lt. Cmdr. Kerans) , William Henry Hartnell (Leading Seaman Frank) , Akim Tamiroff (Col. Peng) , Donald Houston (Lt Weston) , Keye Luke (Capt. Kuo Tai) , Richard Andrew Palethorpe Todd , William Henry Hartnell , Akim Tamiroff , Donald Houston , Keye Luke
more:
plot synopsis:
This film, in an adventure documentary form, is about the Yangtze Incident in 1949 during the Chinese Civil War. In the incident, the British frigate "HMS Amethyst" was driven back by Communist artillery on the Yangtze and stranded.
keywords:
based on a true story , navy , behind enemy lines , escape
war:
Chinese Civil War (1927-1949)
literature:
Malcolm H. Murfett. Hostage on the Yangtze. Britain, China, and the Amethyst crisis of 1949. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1991.
remarks:
HMS Amethyst sustained more damage during filming than during the actual battle.
availability:
VHS