San Demetrio London (1943)

Action Drama War

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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1943-12-07

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Runtime: 104 mins Rating: 6.3

Cast

Robert Beatty

'Yank' Preston - M.V. San Demetrio

Frederick Piper

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

James Donald

King Carlos

Ralph Michael

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

Gordon Jackson

Messboy John Jamieson - M.V. San Demetrio

Walter Fitzgerald

Chief Engineer Charles Pollard - M.V. San Demetrio

Nigel Clarke

R.J.E Dodds - Shipping Manager

Mervyn Johns

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