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Film · 1943
San Demetrio London
1h 37mDirected by Charles Frend
- Action
- Drama
- War
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.
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Cast
Walter FitzgeraldChief Engineer Charles Pollard - M.V. San Demetrio
Ralph Michael2nd. Officer Hawkins - M.V. San Demetrio- Neville Mapp3rd. Engineer Willey - M.V. San Demetrio
Barry LettsApprentice John Jones - M.V. San Demetrio
Frederick PiperBoatswain W.E. Fletcher - M.V. San Demetrio
Gordon JacksonMessboy John Jamieson - M.V. San Demetrio
Robert Beatty'Yank' Preston - M.V. San Demetrio
Mervyn JohnsGreaser John Boyle - M.V. San Demetrio
James DonaldGunnery Officer - H.M.S. Jervis Bay- Nigel ClarkeR.J.E Dodds - Shipping Manager
Arthur YoungCaptain George Waite - M.V. San Demetrio- Michael AllenCadet Roy Housden - M.V. San Demetrio
Details
- Director
- Charles Frend
- Writer
- Robert Hamer, Charles Frend, F. Tennyson Jesse
- Editor
- Eily Boland
- Producer
- Robert Hamer, Michael Balcon
- Release
- December 7, 1943
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Language
- English
- Studio
- Ealing Studios
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