The Ship That Died of Shame (1955)
The Ship That Died of Shame (1955)
BDRip 1080p | MKV | 1920x1080 | x264 @ 5760 Kbps | 92 min | 3,83 Gb
Audio: English AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps | Subtitles: English (embedded in MKV)
Genre: Crime, Drama, War
BDRip 1080p | MKV | 1920x1080 | x264 @ 5760 Kbps | 92 min | 3,83 Gb
Audio: English AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps | Subtitles: English (embedded in MKV)
Genre: Crime, Drama, War
Director: Basil Dearden
Starring: Richard Attenborough, George Baker, Bill Owen, Virginia McKenna, Roland Culver, Bernard Lee
Based on a short story by Nicholas Monsarrat (author of The Cruel Sea) and directed by Basil Dearden (The Blue Lamp, The League Of Gentleman) The Ship That Died Of Shame takes place during the bleak aftermath of the Second World War a crew of navy veterans, played by screen legend Richard Attenborough, George Baker (The Dam Busters) and Bill Owen (Last Of The Summer Wine), are forced into smuggling black market goods across the English Channel to make ends meet. But it isn't long before wine and cigarettes are replaced by more lucrative cargo. A crisis of conscience lies upon the horizon when one of the crew refuses to turn a blind eye after discovering that the mysterious stranger, they've been asked to smuggle into England hides a dark and harrowing secret.
I never miss this film whenever it is shown. This mainly down to the fact that my father Haydn Bartlett made the model used in the film. Unfortunately model makers were hardly ever given screen credits (he never got a credit for his model work on "Those magnificent men in their flying machines" either). I have photos of the model at various stages of construction including one it undergoing river tests and also a photo of the real boat. I remember dad saying that Richard Attenborough kept calling him 'darling' when he was on set (much to dads consternation). I always get a lump in my throat when I watch dads model sink under the waves…
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The Ship That Died of Shame (1955)
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