San Demetrio London

1943 · 97 MIN · IMDB 6.8 · 392 VOTES · DIR. Charles Frend

San Demetrio London poster

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.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,156 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:02:22 Nice drop of gun, this.
00:04:51 All right. Back for Christmas, anyhow.
00:09:12 Oy, write to the News of the World and tell them to send me a badge.
00:12:29 Okay.
00:15:40 and have another drink.
00:19:57 - Chief Yeoman! - Sir!
00:24:06 - No water yet, sir. - Good, must have been well forward.
00:29:08 Why can't you be sick like everybody else?
00:35:39 Try and keep an even stroke, son. It's easier for all hands.
00:40:04 Good for her.
00:43:45 Unless there's so much pressure inside the tanks
00:47:38 Don't worry.
00:51:48 I've set lookouts.
00:55:56 Well, I've checked the lube oil system. Okay.
00:59:32 Ahead. And if you flicker it, it means full speed.
01:02:04 That's it.
01:07:49 Just you lie quiet now.
01:11:04 Come on, jock. Time we went to work.
01:15:03 Well, it won't do any harm to air that for a minute.
01:20:59 Jamieson, I've got a job for you.
01:25:54 Believe it or not, Chief, when I was a nipper, I did.
01:31:20 Nice thing if we've brought the petrol all this way
01:34:00 one, the abandonment must be in consequence of danger
01:36:49 concerning a memorable achievement.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,156
Dialogue density11.9 lines / min
First line00:02:22
Final line01:36:49

Production Record

DirectorCharles Frend
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes392

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