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The Marchioness Disaster

(2008)

November 1, 2008 1h 35m
55%
TMDB Score

Overview

A factual reconstruction of the events leading up to, during and after the Marchioness was struck by the Bow Belle Dredger on the river Thames in August 1989, which killed over 50 people. The film was due to be broadcast by ITV in 2007 but complaints from some of the families of the victims led to it being withdrawn ahead of transmission. It has never been broadcast in the UK, but has been screened in France.

Ken Horn

Director

Top Billed Cast

JB

John Benfield

Peter Butcher

RD

Robert Daws

Cannon John Jeffrey

AM

Alex McGettigan

Lawrence Dallaglio

PL

Peter Lorenzelli

Vincent Dallaglio

BF

Barbara Flynn

Eileen Dallaglio

JS

John Salthouse

John Perks

HT

Heather Tobias

Marie Perks

SDM

Sophia Di Martino

Erika Spotswood

ET

Ellen Thomas

Linda Hunt

CS

Charley Speed

Stephen Perks

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