Yangtse Incident (1957)
- Original title
- Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst
- Directed by
- Michael Anderson
- Genre
- drama film, war film
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
- Runtime
- 1h 53m
- Rated
- PG
- Rating
- 7.3 of 10 from 11 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A British warship gets trapped on the Yangtze River during the Chinese Civil War. The crew must survive attacks and negotiate for their escape.
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What happens
Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst (1957) is a British war film that tells the story of the British sloop HMS Amethyst caught up in the Chinese Civil War and involved in the 1949 Yangtze Incident. Directed by Michael Anderson, it stars Richard Todd, William Hartnell, and Akim Tamiroff. 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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