Movie · 1955
The Ship That Died of Shame
“Brave men who drove their gallant ship into a sea of death!”
Released 19 April 1955 95 min Drama / Crime / Thriller More from 1955 → IMDb ↗ · Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
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.
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How old were they?
Roland Culver
as Maj. Fordyce
Ralph Truman
as Sir Richard
John Longden
as Detective
Bernard Lee
as Customs Officer Brewster
Bill Owen
as Birdie
John Chandos
as Raines
Harold Goodwin
as Customs Officer
Alfie Bass
as Sailor (uncredited)
Richard Attenborough
as George Hoskins
Stratford Johns
as Garage Worker (uncredited)
George Baker
as Bill Randall
Virginia McKenna
as Helen Randall
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The numbers
31years between the oldest and youngest billed
54Roland Culver — oldest on the call sheet
23Virginia McKenna — youngest billed
39average age of the credited cast