Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst 1957
7.2 /10
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.
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Full Cast & Crew
Lieutenant-Commander John Simon Kerans
Leading Seaman Leslie Frank
Colonel Peng
Lieutenant Weston
Captain Kuo Tai
Miss Charlotte Dunlap
Flight Lieutenant Fearnley
Lieutenant Strain
Petty Officer McCarthy
Mr. Monaghan
Able Seaman Walker
ERA Williams
Mr. McNamara
Petty Officer
Able Seaman Bannister
Ruth Worth
Able Seaman James Bryson
Telegraphist Jack Leonard French
PLA Officer
Captain Donaldson
Sir Lionel Henry Lamb, British Ambassador to China
Staff Officer Operations
Vice Admiral
Commander in Chief
Lieutenant Colonel Dewar-Curie
Surgeon Lieutenant Packard
Sampan Woman
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Avengers Age of Ultron is an excellent sequel and a worthy MCU title! There are a lot of good and one thing that feels off in my opinion.
THE GOOD:
First off the action in this movie is amazing, to buildings crumbling, to evil blue eyed robots tearing stuff up, this movie has the action perfectly handled. And with that action comes visuals. The visuals are really good, even though you can see clearly where they are through the movie, but that doesn't detract from the experience. While all the CGI glory is taking place, there are lovable characters that are in the mix. First off the original characters, Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Hulk, Black Widow, and Hawkeye, are just as brilliant as they are always. And Joss Whedon fixed my main problem in the first Avengers by putting in more Hawkeye and him more fleshed out. Then there is the new Avengers, Quicksilver, Scarletwich, and Vision, they are pretty cool in my opinion. Vision in particular is pretty amazing in all his scenes.
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Cast & crew of
Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst
Directors & Credit Writers
Producer
Screenplay
Cast
Leading Seaman Leslie Frank
Colonel Peng
Lieutenant Weston
Captain Kuo Tai
Miss Charlotte Dunlap
Flight Lieutenant Fearnley
Lieutenant Strain
Petty Officer McCarthy
Mr. Monaghan
Able Seaman Walker
ERA Williams
Mr. McNamara
Petty Officer
Able Seaman Bannister
Ruth Worth
Able Seaman James Bryson
Telegraphist Jack Leonard French
PLA Officer
Captain Donaldson
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