Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.7/10
15 audience votes
Key crew
- Charles FrendDirector
- Charles FrendWriter
- F. Tennyson JesseWriter
- Robert HamerWriter
Cast
- Walter FitzgeraldChief Engineer Charles Pollard - M.V. San Demetrio
- Ralph Michael2nd. Officer Hawkins - M.V. San Demetrio
- Neville Mapp3rd. Engineer Willey - M.V. San Demetrio
- Barry LettsApprentice John Jones - M.V. San Demetrio
- Frederick PiperBoatswain W.E. Fletcher - M.V. San Demetrio
- Gordon JacksonMessboy John Jamieson - M.V. San Demetrio
- Robert Beatty'Yank' Preston - M.V. San Demetrio
- Mervyn JohnsGreaser John Boyle - M.V. San Demetrio
- James DonaldGunnery Officer - H.M.S. Jervis Bay
- Nigel ClarkeR.J.E Dodds - Shipping Manager
- Arthur YoungCaptain George Waite - M.V. San Demetrio
- Michael AllenCadet Roy Housden - M.V. San Demetrio