THE SHIP THAT DIED OF SHAME (1955) - Richard Attenborough - Public Domain DVD NO CASE

THE SHIP THAT DIED OF SHAME (1955) - Richard Attenborough, George Baker Bill Owen Virginia McKenna - Public Domain Movie Disc only Free Post - RARE DELETED DVD ! Black & White

The Ship That Died of Shame, released in the United States as PT Raiders, is a black-and-white 1955 Ealing Studios crime film directed by Basil Dearden and starring Richard Attenborough, George Baker, Bill Owen and Virginia McKenna.

The film is based on a story written by Nicholas Monsarrat (author of The Cruel Sea), which originally appeared in Lilliput magazine in 1952. It was later published in a collection of short stories, The Ship That Died of Shame and other stories, in 1959. After the war, the crew of a gun boat turn their hand to black market smuggling, but their previously reliable craft begins to let them down.

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. Though their craft had been totally reliable and never let them down in wartime, things start to go wrong after the crew start accepting more and more morally-dubious jobs from Major Fordyce, and 1087 breaks down frequently. The crew finally revolt after a passenger is revealed to be child murderer Raines being helped to escape justice - but later he falls (or is pushed) overboard.

When Fordyce is confronted by customs officer Brewster, Brewster is shot and dies, but not before telling Birdie of the culprit. Fordyce forces the crew at gunpoint to take him to safety. Birdie is shot and, in the ensuing scuffle, Randall grabs the gun and kills Fordyce. Randall and Hoskins then fight on the bridge while 1087 runs out of control and onto rocks, sinking after Randall and Birdie scramble to safety.

1 Hour 35 Mins

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