San Demetrio London (1943)
1943 · 1h 37m · Action, Drama, War
Genres: Action, Drama, War
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.
Director: Charles Frend
Writers: F. Tennyson Jesse, Charles Frend, Robert Hamer
Music by: John Greenwood
Cinematography: Ernest Palmer
Editor: Eily Boland
Cast
Walter Fitzgerald as Chief Engineer Charles Pollard - M.V. San DemetrioRalph Michael as 2nd. Officer Hawkins - M.V. San DemetrioNeville Mapp as 3rd. Engineer Willey - M.V. San DemetrioBarry Letts as Apprentice John Jones - M.V. San DemetrioFrederick Piper as Boatswain W.E. Fletcher - M.V. San DemetrioGordon Jackson as Messboy John Jamieson - M.V. San DemetrioRobert Beatty as 'Yank' Preston - M.V. San DemetrioMervyn Johns as Greaser John Boyle - M.V. San DemetrioJames Donald as Gunnery Officer - H.M.S. Jervis BayNigel Clarke as R.J.E Dodds - Shipping ManagerArthur Young as Captain George Waite - M.V. San DemetrioMichael Allen as Cadet Roy Housden - M.V. San DemetrioMore like this
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