For Freedom (1940)
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.
Directors: Maurice Elvey, Castleton Knight.
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Will Fyffe as Chief |
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Anthony Hulme as Steve |
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E. V. H. Emmett as Ted / Commentator |
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Guy Middleton as Pierre |
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Albert Lieven as Fritz |
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Hugh McDermott as Sam |
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Arthur Goullet as Ivan |
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Bill Russell as Adolf Hitler |
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J.E.T. Harper as Narrator (voice) |
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Patrick Dove as Self - Captain Patrick G.G. Dove, S.S. Africa Shell |
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Charles Pottinger as Self - Captain Charles Pottinger, S.S. Ashlea |
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F.M. Murphy as Self - First Officer F.M. Murphy, S.S. Tairoa |
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Aubrey Jenkins as Self - Enginer-Officer Aubrey Jenkins, S.S. Doric Star |
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Engineer Angel as Self - Engineer Angel, S.S. Tairoa |
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Engineer Walker as Self - Engineer Walker, S.S. Tairoa |
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Arthur Denton as |
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Terry-Thomas as News Reader |
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Millicent Wolf as Secretary |
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Jack Raine as Cutter |
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Pat Williams as Cutter |
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Miles Malleson as Minor Role |
| Sound | Louis Levy | Music |
| Editing | R. E. Dearing | Editor |
| Crew | Leslie Arliss | Script |
| Camera | Arthur Crabtree | Camera Operator |
| Production | Edward Black | Producer |
| Directing | Maurice Elvey | Director |
| Directing | Castleton Knight | Director |
