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Plot. 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 ...
- Basil Dearden, Michael Relph
- Ealing Studios
PT Raiders: Directed by Basil Dearden. With Richard Attenborough, George Baker, Bill Owen, Virginia McKenna. A trio of ex-servicemen begin smuggling innocuous black market items into post-war Britain, but through greed they graduate to more sinister cargo.
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- Adventure, Crime, Drama
- Basil Dearden
- 1956-01-30
The Ship That Died of Shame. After World War II, veteran George Hoskins (Richard Attenborough) persuades his skipper, Bill Randall (George Baker), to use their old naval ship for a small-time ...
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- Basil Dearden
- Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama
- Richard Attenborough
Nov 19, 2012 · Earlier in 1955 (April, in fact), another of Ealing’s fascinating final films – the genre hybrid The Ship That Died of Shame – hit British screens. The ship in question is actually a Royal Navy motor gun boat. These were small, fast vessels, equipped with a mix of guns and big enough to carry a crew of up to 30 men.
Oct 29, 2023 · Community Video. Uploaded by Jimbo's Filmcans on October 29, 2023. The Ship That Died Of Shame (1955)
- 92 min
"The beginning, like everything about me, went back to the war," says George Baker in the first line of his voice-over introduction to The Ship That Died of Shame (1955). In this Ealing Studios production, Baker plays the skipper of a British gunboat that saw distinguished service in World War II only to be bought by several of its ex-crewmen who renovate the ship and put it to ignominious use ...
Nicholas Monsarrat. Novel. John Whiting. Screenplay. Michael Relph. Screenplay. 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.
