Aired Friday 23 February, 1:35pm - 3:50pmon Film4

Yangtse Incident (1956)

War

The true story of HMS Ameythst, a British frigate `captured' by Chinese communists during the Chinese revolution and whose dash to freedom under shellfire captured the imagination of the world.

Country: United Kingdom

Cast and crew

Michael AndersonDirector
Richard ToddLt. Cmdr. Kerans
William HartnellLeading Seaman Frank
Akim TamiroffCol. Peng
Donald HoustonLt Weston RN
Keye LukeCapt. Kuo Tai
Sophie StewartMiss Charlotte Dunlap
Robert UrquhartFlt Lt Fearnley RAF
James KennyLt Hett RN
Thomas HeathcoteMr. Monaghan RN
Sam KyddAB Walker RN
Ray JacksonTelegraphist French, RN
Richard LeechLt Strain RN
Michael BrillLt Berger RN
Barry FosterPO McCarthy RN
Ewen SolonERA Williams RN
Ian BannenAB Bannister RN
Gene AndersonRuth Worth

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