Category: Crime
All Genres: Crime, Drama
Release Year: 1955
Country: UK
Runtime: 95
Rating: 5.8 (0)
Languages: English
Director: Basil Dearden
Sound: Mono
Taglines:
Writing by: Basil Dearden - writer
Nicholas Monsarrat - novel
Michael Relph - writer
John Whiting - writer
Produced by: Basil Dearden - co-producer
Michael Relph - producer
Cast: Richard Attenborough - George Hoskins
George Baker - Bill Randall (skipper of 1087 / narrator
Bill Owen - Birdie (coxswain of 1087)
Virginia McKenna - Helen Randall
Roland Culver - Maj. Fordyce
Bernard Lee - Customs Officer Brewster
Ralph Truman - Sir Richard
John Chandos - Raines (fugitive killer)
Harold Goodwin - Customs officer #2
John Longden - Detective
Alfie Bass - Sailor on 1087 (uncredited)
Music: William Alwyn
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Plot Outline: A trio of ex-servicemen begin smuggling innocuous black market items into post-war Britain but through greed they graduate to more sinister cargo.
Plot: After intense wartime naval experiences a trio buy their old ship but then have to use it for smuggling and worse, before finally having to come to their senses.
Crazy Credits: We know about 4 Crazy Credits. One of them reads:
As the credits play, Menchi the dog walks up to a microphone and begins singing a sad tune in dog speak. A woman in the lower right-hand corner provides translations. The song is about Menchi, who is about to be cooked as a meal. Occasionally, a hand (presumably Excels) drops down from the top of the screen to sprinkle salt on Menchi. As the curtains close in the end, the hand picks up Menchi and wisks him off.
Goofs: We know about 2 goofs. Here comes one of them:
Continuity: The same extras (in the same clothes) are used for both cave tour groups, despite many days or weeks supposedly passing between the two scenes.
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