For Freedom

For Freedom

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 for For Freedom...

E. V. H. Emmett
Ted / Commentator
Engineer Angel
Himself - Engineer Angel, S.S. Tairoa
Patrick Dove
Himself - Captain Patrick G.G. Dove, S.S. Africa Shell
Aubrey Jenkins
Himself - Enginer-Officer Aubrey Jenkins, S.S. Doric Star
Miles Malleson
Minor Role
First Officer Murphy
Himself - First Officer F.M. Murphy, S.S. Tairoa
Charles Pottinger
Himself - Captain Charles Pottinger, S.S. Ashlea
Bill Russell
Adolf Hitler
Terry-Thomas
News reader
Engineer Walker
Himself - Engineer Walker, S.S. Tairoa