San Demetrio London

San Demetrio London (1943)


  • Genre: Action, Drama, War
  • Release Date: 1943-12-07
  • User Rating: 6.7/10 from 9 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 37min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Ealing Studios
  • Production Country: United Kingdom
  • Director: Charles Frend
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From 9 Ratings

Summary

British drama documentary from 1943, 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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  • Walter Fitzgerald

    as Chief Engineer Charles Pollard - M.V. San Demetrio

  • Ralph Michael

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

  • Neville Mapp

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

  • Barry Letts

    as Apprentice John Jones - M.V. San Demetrio

  • Frederick Piper

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

  • Gordon Jackson

    as Messboy John Jamieson - M.V. San Demetrio

  • Robert Beatty

    as 'Yank' Preston - M.V. San Demetrio

  • Mervyn Johns

    as Greaser John Boyle - M.V. San Demetrio

  • James Donald

    as Gunnery Officer - H.M.S. Jervis Bay

  • Nigel Clarke

    as R.J.E Dodds - Shipping Manager

  • Arthur Young

    as Captain George Waite - M.V. San Demetrio

  • Michael Allen

    as Cadet Roy Housden - M.V. San Demetrio

  • Herbert Cameron

    as Pumpman Davies

  • Charles Victor

    as Deckhand

  • James McKechnie

    as Deckhand

  • David Horne

    as Mr. Justice Langton

  • Duncan McIntyre

    as Deckhand
Directing Charles Frend Director
Production Robert Hamer Producer
Writing Robert Hamer Writer
Writing Charles Frend Writer
Writing F. Tennyson Jesse Writer
Sound John Greenwood Music
Crew Ernest Palmer Cinematography
Editing Eily Boland Editor
Production Michael Balcon Producer

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