A Morte de um Herói

Shortly post WWII, the ex-crew of a Channel patrol boat decide to re-purpose her to smuggling and worse, but the boat has a noble soul.

Attenborough, Baker, Owen, Balcon - what could go wrong? Unfortunately the script decides that the crew clearly explain every single incidence of the ship misbehaving so that there's no sense on mystery at all. The movie just becomes a mediocre 1950's crime caper with an unreliable boat.

Handsome young George Baker doing a posh Royal navy officer doesn't work, unfortunately - Sean Connery would have nailed it, I think.

UK title "The Ship That Died Of Shame" promises a mystery, suspense, and drama. All this film delivers can be had in hack TV shows anywhere since.