Overview:
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.| Status: | Released (1943-12-07) |
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| Screen: | Robert Hamer, Charles Frend, F. Tennyson Jesse |
| Productions: | Ealing Studios |
| Production Countries: | United Kingdom |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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- 52220: Walter Fitzgerald - Chief Engineer Charles Pollard - M.V. San Demetrio
- 40160: Ralph Michael - 2nd. Officer Hawkins - M.V. San Demetrio
- 558443: Neville Mapp - 3rd. Engineer Willey - M.V. San Demetrio
- 189306: Barry Letts - Apprentice John Jones - M.V. San Demetrio
- 3679: Frederick Piper - Boatswain W.E. Fletcher - M.V. San Demetrio
- 41998: Gordon Jackson - Messboy John Jamieson - M.V. San Demetrio
- 251: Robert Beatty - 'Yank' Preston - M.V. San Demetrio
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Ok, so much of this is clearly filmed in a great big water tank at Ealing studios against a filmed backdrop that all too often gives that game away, but there’s still the essence of a story of tenacity and courage that is well portrayed here as the oil tanker “San Demetrio” finds its ....
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