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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.
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Walter Fitzgerald
Chief Engineer Charles Pollard - M.V. San Demetrio
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Ralph Michael
2nd. Officer Hawkins - M.V. San Demetrio
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Neville Mapp
3rd. Engineer Willey - M.V. San Demetrio
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Barry Letts
Apprentice John Jones - M.V. San Demetrio
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Frederick Piper
Boatswain W.E. Fletcher - M.V. San Demetrio
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Gordon Jackson
Messboy John Jamieson - M.V. San Demetrio
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Robert Beatty
'Yank' Preston - M.V. San Demetrio
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Mervyn Johns
Greaser John Boyle - M.V. San Demetrio
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James Donald
Gunnery Officer - H.M.S. Jervis Bay
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Nigel Clarke
R.J.E Dodds - Shipping Manager
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Arthur Young
Captain George Waite - M.V. San Demetrio
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Michael Allen
Cadet Roy Housden - M.V. San Demetrio
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Herbert Cameron
Pumpman Davies
C
Charles Victor
Deckhand
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James McKechnie
Deckhand
D
David Horne
Mr. Justice Langton
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Duncan McIntyre
Deckhand
J
John Owers
L
Lawrence O'Madden
