03 Nov 1959
Fires on the Plain
In the closing days of WWII, a Japanese soldier afflicted with tuberculosis is abandoned by his company and left to wander the Philippine island of Leyte.
The Ship That Died of Shame
Brave men who drove their gallant ship into a sea of death!
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.
Top Billed Cast
George Baker Bill Randall
Richard Attenborough George Hoskins
Bill Owen Birdie
Virginia McKenna Helen Randall
Roland Culver Maj. Fordyce
Bernard Lee Customs Officer Brewster
Ralph Truman Sir Richard
John Chandos Raines
Harold Goodwin Customs Officer
John Longden Detective
Alfie Bass Sailor (uncredited)
Stratford Johns Garage Worker (uncredited)
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