The Ship That Died of Shame

Name: The Ship That Died of Shame
Director: Basil Dearden
Genre: Drama, Crime, Thriller
Released: 1955-04-19
Duration: 1 h 35 min
Rating: 7.3
Cast: George Baker, Richard Attenborough, Bill Owen, Virginia McKenna, Roland Culver

“Brave men who drove their gallant ship into a sea of death!”

1955

1h 35m

Drama Crime Thriller

Director: Basil Dearden

Writers: Basil Dearden, Michael Relph

Overview

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.