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San Demetrio London (1943)

ALL 12/07/1943 (en) Action, Drama, War 97 Min
  • Release
    12/07/1943
  • Production
    Ealing Studios
  • Rotten tomato
    68%
  • Original title
    San Demetrio London
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Overview

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.

  1. Charles Frend

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Eily Boland

    Editor



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  1. Walter Fitzgerald

    Chief Engineer Charles Pollard - M.V. San Demetrio

  2. Ralph Michael

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

  3. Neville Mapp

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

  4. Barry Letts

    Apprentice John Jones - M.V. San Demetrio

  5. Frederick Piper

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

  6. Gordon Jackson

    Messboy John Jamieson - M.V. San Demetrio

  7. Robert Beatty

    'Yank' Preston - M.V. San Demetrio

  8. Mervyn Johns

    Greaser John Boyle - M.V. San Demetrio

  9. James Donald

    Gunnery Officer - H.M.S. Jervis Bay

  10. Nigel Clarke

    R.J.E Dodds - Shipping Manager

  11. Arthur Young

    Captain George Waite - M.V. San Demetrio

  12. Michael Allen

    Cadet Roy Housden - M.V. San Demetrio

  13. Herbert Cameron

    Pumpman Davies

  14. Charles Victor

    Deckhand

  15. James McKechnie

    Deckhand

  16. David Horne

    Mr. Justice Langton

  17. Duncan McIntyre

    Deckhand

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 17 , Crews : 9

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San Demetrio London (1943) 97 Min

ALL 12/07/1943 (en)
Action, Drama, War
  • Release 12/07/1943
  • Production
    Ealing Studios
  • Original title San Demetrio London
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

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.

  1. Charles Frend

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Eily Boland

    Editor

  4. Robert Hamer, Michael Balcon

    Producer



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