San Demetrio London
San Demetrio London
Overview
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.
Cast
Walter Fitzgerald
Ralph Michael
Neville Mapp
Barry Letts
Frederick Piper
Gordon Jackson
Robert Beatty
Mervyn Johns
James Donald
Nigel Clarke
Arthur Young
Michael Allen
Herbert Cameron
Charles Victor
James McKechnie
David Horne
Duncan McIntyre
Crew
Robert Hamer
Charles Frend
Michael Balcon
Robert Hamer