San Demetrio London

San Demetrio London 1943 Released

Directed by Charles Frend

Action, Drama, War · 97 min

 

San Demetrio London 1943 Released

Directed by Charles Frend

Action, Drama, War · 97 min

 

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... see more
Ealing Studios,

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... see more
Ealing Studios,
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RUNTIME
N/A minRELEASED
Dec 7, 1943COUNTRY
GBLANGUAGE
ENSPOKEN
EnglishBUDGET
N/AREVENUE
N/A

Cast & Crew

Walter Fitzgerald

Chief Engineer Charles Pollard - M.V. San Demetrio

Gordon Jackson

Messboy John Jamieson - M.V. San Demetrio

Mervyn Johns

Greaser John Boyle - M.V. San Demetrio

Nigel Clarke

R.J.E Dodds - Shipping Manager

Herbert Cameron

Pumpman Davies

Charles Victor

Deckhand

James McKechnie

Deckhand

David Horne

Mr. Justice Langton

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

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