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San Demetrio London

12/07/1943

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1hr 37min

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Action

,Drama

,War

STORY

Based on the true story of the 1940 rescue of the tanker MV San Demetrio by parts of her own crew after she had been set afire in the middle of the Atlantic by the German heavy cruiser Admiral Scheer and then had been abandoned. When one of the lifeboats drifted back to the burning tanker the day after, and found that she still hadn't exploded, they decided to board her and put out the fires. Eventually, they managed to start the engine again and decided to try to reach Britain against all odds.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Walter Fitzgerald
  • Ralph Michael
  • Neville Mapp
  • Barry Letts
  • Frederick Piper

    Directors

  • Robert Hamer
  • Charles Frend

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Ealing Studios

    Production Countries

  • United Kingdom

LANGUAGES

  • English

Cast

Walter Fitzgerald

Chief Engineer Charles Pollard - M.V. San Demetrio

Ralph Michael

2nd. Officer Hawkins - M.V. San Demetrio

Neville Mapp

3rd. Engineer Willey - M.V. San Demetrio

Frederick Piper

Boatswain W.E. Fletcher - M.V. San Demetrio

Gordon Jackson

Messboy John Jamieson - M.V. San Demetrio

Robert Beatty

'Yank' Preston - M.V. San Demetrio

Mervyn Johns

Greaser John Boyle - M.V. San Demetrio

James Donald

Gunnery Officer - H.M.S. Jervis Bay

Arthur Young

Captain George Waite - M.V. San Demetrio

Michael Allen

Cadet Roy Housden - M.V. San Demetrio

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