San Demetrio London
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| Directed by | Charles Frend Robert Hamer (uncredited) |
| Produced by | Michael Balcon |
| Screenplay by | Charles Frend Robert Hamer F. Tennyson Jesse |
| Starring | Arthur Young Walter Fitzgerald Ralph Michael |
| Music by | John D. H. Greenwood |
| Cinematography | Ernest Palmer |
| Edited by | Eily Boland |
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| Distributed by | Associated British Film Distributors |
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104 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
San Demetrio London is a 1943 World War II docudrama 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 by the German heavy cruiser Admiral Scheer and then had been abandoned, during the Battle of the Atlantic.
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Cast
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- Arthur Young as Captain George Waite
- Walter Fitzgerald as Chief Engineer Charles Pollard
- Ralph Michael as 2nd Officer Hawkins
- Neville Mapp as 3rd Engineer Willey
- Barry Letts as Apprentice John Jones
- Michael Allen as Cadet Roy Housden
- Frederick Piper as Boatswain W.E. Fletcher
- Herbert Cameron as Pumpman Davies
- John Owers as Steward
- Gordon Jackson as Messboy John Jamieson
- Robert Beatty as "Yank" Preston
- Charles Victor as Deckhand
- James McKechnie as Deckhand
- John Coyle as Deckhand
- Duncan McIntyre as Deckhand (as Duncan MacIntyre)
- Rex Holt as Deckhand
- Mervyn Johns as Greaser John Boyle
- Lawrence O'Madden as Captain E.S.F. Fegen V.C. - HMS Jervis Bay
- James Donald as Gunnery Control Officer - HMS Jervis Bay
- James Sadler as Officer of the Watch - HMS Jervis Bay
- Peter Miller Street as Midshipman - HMS Jervis Bay
- David Horne as Mr. Justice Langton
- Nigel Clarke as R.J.E. Dodds - Shipping Manager
- James Knight as Captain Smith - SS Gloucester City
Reception
According to trade papers, the film was a success at the British box office in 1944.[1]
References
External links
- San Demetrio London in the British Film Institute's "Explore film..." database
- San Demetrio London at the British Film Institute's Screenonline
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). San Demetrio London at IMDb
- San Demetrio London at AllMovie
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- 1943 films
- English-language films
- British black-and-white films
- British films
- British war films
- Ealing Studios films
- Films directed by Charles Frend
- Films produced by Michael Balcon
- Films based on actual events
- World War II films made in wartime
- World War II navy films
- War film stubs
