In de eerste jaren van de Tweede Wereldoorlog voert de Royal Navy een wanhopige strijd om de Atlantische konvooiroutes open te houden voor de bevoorrading van de Britse eilanden, waarbij ze wordt geconfronteerd met het grote gevaar dat uitgaat van de vele Duitse oorlogsschepen, zoals de admiraal Graf Spee, die speuren de oceaan af op zoek naar vrachtschepen om te zinken.
Nee, helaas is The Battle of the River Plate nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Directing | Michael Powell | Director |
| Directing | Emeric Pressburger | Director |
| Writing | Emeric Pressburger | Writer |
| Writing | Michael Powell | Writer |
| Sound | Brian Easdale | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Reginald Mills | Editor |
| Camera | Christopher Challis | Director of Photography |
| Art | Arthur Lawson | Production Design |
| Production | Michael Powell | Producer |
| Production | Emeric Pressburger | Producer |
| Production | Jean Osborne | Publicist |
| Crew | F.S. Bell | Thanks |
| Crew | Arthur Alcott | Production Controller |
| Directing | Charles Orme | Assistant Director |
| Crew | Charles Woodhouse | Thanks |
| Art | Don Picton | Assistant Art Director |
| Crew | W. Edward Parry | Thanks |
| Crew | F.S. Bell | Technical Advisor |
| Production | John Brabourne | Production Manager |
| Crew | James Snow | Special Effects |
| Sound | Arthur Stevens | Sound Editor |
| Sound | C. C. Stevens | Sound Recordist |
| Crew | Patrick Dove | Thanks |
| Crew | Patrick Dove | Technical Advisor |
| Art | Hein Heckroth | Other |
| Crew | Joan Harwood | Thanks |
| Production | Sydney Streeter | Associate Producer |
| Camera | Austin Dempster | Camera Operator |
| Crew | Bill Warrington | Special Effects |
| Costume & Make-Up | Geoffrey Rodway | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Gordon K. McCallum | Sound Recordist |
| Directing | Betty Harley | Continuity |
| Sound | Frederic Lewis | Music Director |
| Production | Earl St. John | Executive Producer |
