Movie: San Demetrio London

Top 10 Billed Cast

Walter Fitzgerald
Walter Fitzgerald

Chief Engineer Charles Pollard - M.V. San Demetrio

Ralph Michael
Ralph Michael

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

Neville Mapp
Neville Mapp

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

Barry Letts
Barry Letts

Apprentice John Jones - M.V. San Demetrio

Frederick Piper
Frederick Piper

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

Gordon Jackson
Gordon Jackson

Messboy John Jamieson - M.V. San Demetrio

Robert Beatty
Robert Beatty

'Yank' Preston - M.V. San Demetrio

Mervyn Johns
Mervyn Johns

Greaser John Boyle - M.V. San Demetrio

James Donald
James Donald

Gunnery Officer - H.M.S. Jervis Bay

Nigel Clarke
Nigel Clarke

R.J.E Dodds - Shipping Manager

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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 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.

  • Release Date

    1943-12-07

  • Average

    7

  • Rating:

    3.5 starts
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  • Languages:

    English
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