San Demetrio London

Name: San Demetrio London
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Released: 1943-12-07
Rating: 7.2

7.2(15)

1h 37m

1943

Released

en

Action Drama War

Overview

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.

Release Date

December 7, 1943

Production

Ealing Studios

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Cast

20 people

Walter Fitzgerald

Chief Engineer Charles Pollard - M.V. San Demetrio

Acting

Ralph Michael

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

Acting

Neville Mapp

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

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Barry Letts

Apprentice John Jones - M.V. San Demetrio

Production

Frederick Piper

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

Acting

Gordon Jackson

Messboy John Jamieson - M.V. San Demetrio

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Robert Beatty

'Yank' Preston - M.V. San Demetrio

Acting

Mervyn Johns

Greaser John Boyle - M.V. San Demetrio

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James Donald

Gunnery Officer - H.M.S. Jervis Bay

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Nigel Clarke

R.J.E Dodds - Shipping Manager

Sound

Arthur Young

Captain George Waite - M.V. San Demetrio

Acting

Michael Allen

Cadet Roy Housden - M.V. San Demetrio

Acting

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