San Demetrio London

1h 37m

Action Drama War

7

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.

Cast

Walter Fitzgerald

Chief Engineer Charles Pollard - M.V. San Demetrio

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

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

Apprentice John Jones - M.V. San Demetrio

Frederick Piper

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

Messboy John Jamieson - M.V. San Demetrio

'Yank' Preston - M.V. San Demetrio

Greaser John Boyle - M.V. San Demetrio

Gunnery Officer - H.M.S. Jervis Bay

R.J.E Dodds - Shipping Manager

Captain George Waite - M.V. San Demetrio

Cadet Roy Housden - M.V. San Demetrio

Herbert Cameron

James McKechnie

Mr. Justice Langton

Duncan McIntyre

Lawrence O'Madden

Crew

Director, Writer

Writer, Producer

F. Tennyson Jesse