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- BFI identifier48035
- Date1943 (Copyright)
1944-02-21 (Release) - Production countryUnited Kingdom
- Production company
- SynopsisThe remnants of the crew of a British petrol tanker succeed in bringing their ship safely to port after it has been shelled and set ablaze in the Atlantic. (Synopsis)
- Work historyThe opening credits include the following statements; 'The producers thank the Board of Admiralty and the Eagle Oil and Shipping Company Limited, owners of the "San Demetrio", without whose help this picture could not have been made.' 'This picture is dedicated to the Officers and Men of the British Merchant Navy.'
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- CreditsDirected by: Charles Frend
©/Production Company: Ealing Studios
Distributed by: Associated British Film Distributors
view all - CastArthur Young (Captain George Waite) on board M.V. San Demetrio
Walter Fitzgerald (Chief Engineer Charles Pollard) on board M.V. San Demetrio
Ralph Michael (2nd Officer Hawkins) on board M.V. San Demetrio
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Title
San Demetrio London (Original)
EIDR identifier
10.5240/5F5D-C5FE-08C5-A250-9CF0-BCategory
FictionThis work is included in the BFI Filmography.
- Collections
- Film / Video
35mm BW Positive - Safety - Combined - Viewing
view all - Scripts / DocumentsMusic Cue Sheet (Special Collections) - MUS-1269
Script - Original story: Based on a story by F. Tennyson Jesse - SCR-15599
Script - Original story: Based on a story by F. Tennyson Jesse - SCR-15600
Script - Original story: Based on a story by F. Tennyson Jesse - SCR-15601
Ephemera: publicity - PBS-48035
Large and small pressbooks held. Music cue sheet held.
view all - Posters / DesignsPoster: film - Single sheet portrait poster - PD-12028
Poster: film - Single sheet portrait poster - PD-12029
Poster: film - Single sheet portrait poster - PD-12030
Poster: film - Single sheet portrait poster - PD-12031
Poster: film - Single sheet landscape poster - PD-12032
view all - StillsPhotograph: print - Landscape - Black and White - bfi-00m-pex
Photograph: print - Landscape - Black and White - bfi-00m-pew
Photograph: print - Landscape - Black and White - bfi-00m-pev
Photograph: print - Landscape - Black and White - bfi-00m-peu
Photograph: transparency - Landscape - Colour - bfi-00n-s2b
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- Books
- Digital documentsBFI Southbank programme notes December 2012
available to view in BFI Reuben Library
- +San Demetrio London
Work - 48035 - 1943 (Copyright)
United Kingdom - Film - Fiction
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