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Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst is a British film of genre War directed by Michael Anderson with Richard Todd
Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst (1957)
Yangtse Incident : The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst
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Directed by Michael Anderson
OriginUnited-kingdom
Genres War
Themes Political films
Rating67%
Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst (1957) is a British war film that tells the story of the British frigate HMS Amethyst caught up in the Chinese Civil War.
It was based upon the book written by Lawrence Earl. The film was known in the US by the alternative titles Battle Hell, Escape of the Amethyst, Their Greatest Glory and Yangtze Incident. Non-English language titles include the direct German translation of Yangtse-Zwischenfall, and Commando sur le Yang-Tse in France. In Belgium it was known as Feu sur le Yangtse (French) and Vuur op de Yangtse (Flemish/Dutch), both meaning "Fire on the Yangtse".
The film was entered into the 1957 Cannes Film Festival.
Synopsis
On 19 April 1949, the Royal Navy frigate HMS Amethyst sails up the Yangtze River on her way to Nanking, the Chinese capital, to deliver supplies to the British Embassy. Suddenly, without warning, People's Liberation Army (PLA) shore batteries open fire and after a heavy engagement, Amethyst lies grounded in the mud and badly damaged. Fifty-four of her crew are dead, dying or seriously wounded while others deteriorate from the tropical heat and the lack of essential medicines, including the ships's Captain, who dies of his wounds. An attempt to evacuate the wounded is only partially successful - the officers of the Amethyst become aware that two Petty Officers were captured by the PLA and are being held at a nearby military hospital. After taking stock of their position, the Captain is replaced by Lieutenant Commander John Kerans (Richard Todd), who had been serving as a Naval attaché in nearby Nanking but rushes to the beleaguered ship to take command.Actors
Richard Todd
(Lieutenant-Commander John Simon Kerans)
William Hartnell
(Leading Seaman Leslie Frank)
Akim Tamiroff
(Colonel Peng)
Bernard Miles
Donald Houston
(Lieutenant Weston)
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