The Ship That Died of Shame
Brave men who drove their gallant ship into a sea of death!
7.3(12) 1955-04-19 95 minDramaCrimeThriller
After World War II the crew of a motor gunboat join together to buy their old vessel and go into business for themselves. This may sound like a laudable scheme, but the business they choose to go into is smuggling.
ScreenplayBasil Dearden
ProducerMichael Relph
ScreenplayJohn Whiting
ScreenplayMichael Relph
DirectorBasil Dearden
ProducerBasil Dearden
Cast & characters
George Baker
as Bill Randall
Richard Attenborough
as George Hoskins
Bill Owen
as Birdie
Virginia McKenna
as Helen Randall
Roland Culver
as Maj. Fordyce
Bernard Lee
as Customs Officer Brewster
Ralph Truman
as Sir Richard
John Chandos
as Raines
Harold Goodwin
as Customs Officer
John Longden
as Detective
Alfie Bass
as Sailor (uncredited)
Stratford Johns
as Garage Worker (uncredited)
