For Freedom
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87 minutes
5/4/1940
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 List
Will Fyffe
as Chief
Anthony Hulme
as Steve
E. V. H. Emmett
as Ted / Commentator
Guy Middleton
as Pierre
Albert Lieven
as Fritz
Hugh McDermott
as Sam
Arthur Goullet
as Ivan
Bill Russell
as Adolf Hitler
J.E.T. Harper
as Narrator (voice)
Patrick Dove
as Self - Captain Patrick G.G. Dove, S.S. Africa Shell
Charles Pottinger
as Self - Captain Charles Pottinger, S.S. Ashlea
F.M. Murphy
as Self - First Officer F.M. Murphy, S.S. Tairoa
Aubrey Jenkins
as Self - Enginer-Officer Aubrey Jenkins, S.S. Doric Star
Engineer Angel
as Self - Engineer Angel, S.S. Tairoa
Engineer Walker
as Self - Engineer Walker, S.S. Tairoa
Arthur Denton
Terry-Thomas
as News Reader
Millicent Wolf
as Secretary
Jack Raine
as Cutter
Pat Williams
as Cutter
Miles Malleson
as Minor Role