The Ship That Died of Shame

The Ship That Died of Shame released in the United States as PT Raiders is a blackandwhite 1955 Ealing Studios crime film starring George Baker, Richard Attenborough and Bill Owen.

The 1087 is a British Royal Navy motor gun boat that faithfully sees its crew through the worst that World War II can throw at them. After the end of the war, George Hoskins Richard Attenborough convinces former skipper Bill Randall George Baker and Birdie Bill Owen to buy their beloved boat and use it for some harmless, minor smuggling of black market items like wine. But they find themselves transporting ever more sinister cargoes counterfeit currency and weapons. Though their craft had been utterly reliable and never let them down in wartime, it begins to break down frequently, as if ashamed of its current use. The crew revolt when they are used in the escape of a child murderer and probable paedophile.

Source: Wikipedia