San Demetrio London

San Demetrio London

1943 · Movie

97 min English

15 votes

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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…

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Cast, directors & writers

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

Barry Letts

Apprentice John Jones - 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

Nigel Clarke

R.J.E Dodds - Shipping Manager

Arthur Young

Captain George Waite - M.V. San Demetrio

Michael Allen

Cadet Roy Housden - M.V. San Demetrio

Herbert Cameron

Pumpman Davies

Charles Victor

Deckhand

James McKechnie

Deckhand

David Horne

Mr. Justice Langton

Duncan McIntyre

Deckhand

John Owers

Actor

Lawrence O'Madden

Actor

James Sadler

Actor

Charles Frend

Director · Writer

Robert Hamer

Writer

F. Tennyson Jesse

Writer

Keywords

based on true story

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