- Actors: Walter Fitxgerald, Mervyn Johns, Ralph Michael, Gordon Jackson, Robert Beatty
- Directors: Charles Frend, Robert Hamer
- Writers: Charles Frend, Robert Hamer, F. Tennyson Jesse
- Producers: Robert Hamer, Michael Balcon
- Format: Black & White, PAL, Full Screen
- Language English
- Aspect Ratio: 4:3 - 1.33:1
- Classification: PG
- Studio: Dd Video
- VHS Release Date: 17 Sep 2001
- Run Time: 93 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B00005OCSP
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 14,278 in Video (See Top 100 in Video)
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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Format:VHS Tape
San Demetrio London, was a world war Two sea story that I first read about in my teens and then I saw the film at a school cinema club and found it even more interesting.
It's the true story of a remarkable incident in the Battle of The Atlantic, when a blazing, abandomed tanker is re-boarded by 15 of her crew, and then follows their heroic efforts which end in them bringing her back to port.
It's the true story of a remarkable incident in the Battle of The Atlantic, when a blazing, abandomed tanker is re-boarded by 15 of her crew, and then follows their heroic efforts which end in them bringing her back to port.
This is one film worth watching again and again. I was extremely pleased to find it on Amazon. But sadly only currently on video. It is one film I sincerely hope will make to DVD, for it deserves a wider audience! definitely worth 5 stars in my estimate.
26 of 27 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I would agree with the first reviewer, this is a very good telling of a true story, showing the courage and determination of the merchant service during WW11. The event is well told, with a good pace to the film. The acting is good and is suitably understated. The viewer is given a good sense of what it must have been like for the men concerned, who dealt with a very dangerous situation in a most matter of fact way. I would recommend this film. It is also a film, in my opinion, which can be watched many times and its fascination still holds the viewer.
39 of 41 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
When I was a kid in the 50s this film seemed to be on every other Sunday afternoon - alternating with the 'Flying Leathernecks'. Amazingly 50 years on I still remember the film, probably because it was different to other war films in that it featured the merchant Navy rather than the Grey Funnel Line. The ship is torpedoed and the crew take to the boats but eventually end up reboarding it, getting the fires under control and finally getting the ship back to port.
The film was based on a true storey and in real life the ship was restored and went back into service but was later torpedoed and sunk. While there is obviously an element of propaganda in the film, it is a good (true) story told in a straightforward and rather downbeat way. Well worth watching.
The film was based on a true storey and in real life the ship was restored and went back into service but was later torpedoed and sunk. While there is obviously an element of propaganda in the film, it is a good (true) story told in a straightforward and rather downbeat way. Well worth watching.
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Excellent story of survival
This is one of those wonderful black and white war films of courage and survival against frightening odds. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Mr. K. Heap
fantastic seamanship
I first heard of the "San Demetrio" in 1958 when I was at school. My late Father, who was ex MN, remarked at the time that it was the only case that he ever heard of where the... Read more
Published 19 months ago by James Wells
The Robert F Hand Oil Tanker
I was pleased to find this accurate dramatisation which brought back many memories for me, as the Tanker I used to sail on was in the same convoy.
A highly recommended film.
A highly recommended film.
Published 23 months ago by M Bonny
One of the Best WW2 films ever.
I think this is one of the best war films ever, mainly because it isn't about war but about the shot up oil tanker and the crew's fight to get her back to Glasgow. Read more
Published on 6 May 2010 by P. D. Willetts
You've got to see it
This film was really gripping. The merchant navy in WWII are overlooked by film makers as possibly they think there is no tension/thrill in such a story. Read more
Published on 20 Nov 2009 by Yannis
underated
The merchant navy's role in the second is largely forgotten , as it was not a front line affair, and was conducted out of the headlines . Read more
Published on 3 Oct 2009 by G. Zimmermann
A bit dated but nevertheless impressive
This is a World War 2 vintage film, made at Ealing Studios in 1943 around the time that the tide of the U-boat war was turning following the entry of the USA into the war and the... Read more
Published on 17 Aug 2009 by Humpty Dumpty
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