Geronimo1967
Ok, so much of this is clearly filmed in a great big water tank at Ealing studios against a filmed backdrop that all too often gives that game away, but theres still the essence of a story of tenacity and courage that is well portrayed here as the oil tanker San Demetrio finds itself looking the wrong way down the barrel of the 11-inch guns of the Nazi battleship Scheer. Badly damaged and left to the elements, the crew are ordered to abandon ship but after roaming around in the violent Atlantic for two days they happen upon their erstwhile home - and its still afloat! Lead by their second officer (Ralph Michael) and engineering chief (Walter Fitzgerald) the men decide their chances aboard are greater than their chances at sea, and so they s...