The Ship That Died of Shame (1955)

Directors

Basil Dearden

Cast

Richard Attenborough, George Baker, Bill Owen, Virginia McKenna

The story

The 1087 is a British Royal Navy motor gun boat that sees its crew through the worst that World War II can throw at them. After the end of the war, first lieutenant George Hoskins convinces former skipper Bill Randall and coxswain Birdie to buy their boat and use it for what he persuades them is some harmless, minor smuggling of items like wine. But they find themselves transporting ever more sinister cargoes, such as counterfeit currency and weapons.

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