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While sailing lawfully up the Yangste in 1949, the British warship Amethyst found its return to the open sea blocked by Communist Chinese shore batteries that unexpectedly opened fire. In charge, Lietenant Commander Kerans was not however prepared for his crew and his ship to remain as a hostage for the Chinese to use as an international pawn.
Cast: Richard Todd, William Hartnell, Akim Tamiroff, Donald Houston, Keye Luke, Sophie Stewart, Robert Urquhart, Richard Leech, Barry Foster, Thomas Heathcote, Sam Kydd, Ewen Solon, Kenneth Cope, Alfred Burke, Richard Coleman, Ian Bannen, Gene Anderson, Bernard Cribbins, Brian Smith, Ray Jackson
Writers: Eric Ambler (Screenplay), Lawrence Earl (Novel), Franklin Gollings (Story)
Cinematographer: Gordon Dines
Production Designer: Ralph W. Brinton
Editor: Basil Warren
Composer: Leighton Lucas
Direction team: Denis Johnson (Assistant Director)
Producers: Herbert Wilcox, Franklin Gollings
Production: British Lion Films, Wilcox-Neagle
