Duration
120 minutes
Quick Summary
Crime drama, starring Richard Attenborough
About This Program
Three unemployed Navy veterans buy back their old ship from a scrapyard and use it to smuggle black market goods. However, their successful enterprise gets out of hand when they starts supplying criminals with guns and sheltering a murderer. Crime drama based on Nicholas Monsarrat's novel, starring Richard Attenborough, George Baker, Bill Owen and Virginia McKenna
The Ship that Died of Shame broadcasts on Talking Pictures TV at 12:00pm, Saturday, 27 December 2025. (Subtitles)
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Production Details
Year1955
Runtime88 mins
DirectorBasil Dearden
Cast & Crew
BD
Basil DeardenDirector
VM
Virginia McKennaas Helen Randall
JL
John Longdenas Detective
GB
George Bakeras Bill Randall
RC
Roland Culveras Maj Fordyce
RA
Richard Attenboroughas George Hoskins
BO
Bill Owenas Birdie
RT
Ralph Trumanas Sir Richard
JC
John Chandosas Raines