San Demetrio London (1943)

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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	Walter Fitzgerald	As: Chief Engineer Charles Pollard - M.V. San Demetrio
	Ralph Michael	As: 2nd. Officer Hawkins - M.V. San Demetrio
	Neville Mapp	As: 3rd. Engineer Willey - M.V. San Demetrio
	Barry Letts	As: Apprentice John Jones - M.V. San Demetrio
	Frederick Piper	As: Boatswain W.E. Fletcher - M.V. San Demetrio

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Certification:	U

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Genres: Action, Drama, War

Language: English

Release Date: 07 December 1943

Country: GB

Runtime: 97m

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Company: Ealing Studios

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	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