critiQs

Login Sign-up
USS VD: Ship of Shame

USS VD: Ship of Shame

#
War   Drama
📜 Overview: This film was made by the U.S. government during World War II to show its young servicemen the results of "fooling around" with "loose women" overseas. Actual victims of such sexually transmitted diseases as syphilis and gonorrhoea are shown, along with the physical deterioration that accompanies those diseases.
🌏 Languages Available: English
📆 Date Released: 1942-01-02
⌚ Running Time: 46 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 4.4

Beloved Cast

Keefe Brasselle original image
Chicken (uncredited)
Keefe Brasselle
Cliff Clark original image
Margaret's Doctor (uncredited)
Cliff Clark
Dorothy Granger original image
Bar Woman toasting 'Chicken' (uncredited)
Dorothy Granger
Don Haggerty original image
Ship Officer (uncredited)
Don Haggerty
Eddie Hall original image
Stores (uncredited)
Eddie Hall
William Hall original image
Chief Petty Officer (uncredited)
William Hall
Earle Hodgins original image
Show Barker (uncredited)
Earle Hodgins
Rory Mallinson original image
D.E. 773 Captain (uncredited)
Rory Mallinson
Myron McCormick original image
Exec. Officer McGregor (uncredited)
Myron McCormick
George N. Neise original image
Sailor (uncredited)
George N. Neise
Vivien Oakland original image
Health Department Woman (uncredited)
Vivien Oakland
Archie Twitchell original image
'Doc' Taylor (uncredited)
Archie Twitchell
Will Wright original image
Commandant (uncredited)
Will Wright
George Turner original image
Tennessee (uncredited)
George Turner

Similar Movies

8.128
Movie Name : Full Metal Jacket
Release Date : 🕔 1987-06-26
Average Rating: 8.128
Genres:
Duration :

overview : A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the U.S.-Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot …

6.8
Movie Name : The Silent Village
Release Date : 🕔 1943-09-30
Average Rating: 6.8
Genres:
Duration :

overview : The true story of the massacre of a small Czech village by the Nazis is retold as if it happened …

8.306
Movie Name : The Great Dictator
Release Date : 🕔 1940-10-15
Average Rating: 8.306
Genres:
Duration :

overview : Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.

0.0
Movie Name : Young America Flies
Release Date : 🕔 1940-07-13
Average Rating: 0.0
Genres:
Duration :

overview : World War II propaganda film from Warner Brothers.

5.0
Movie Name : Inflation
Release Date : 🕔 1942-01-01
Average Rating: 5.0
Genres:
Duration :

overview : The Devil works with Adolf Hitler to cause inflation in the United States.

6.035
Movie Name : Lions for Lambs
Release Date : 🕔 2007-10-22
Average Rating: 6.035
Genres:
Duration :

overview : Three stories told simultaneously in ninety minutes of real time: a Republican Senator who's a presidential hopeful gives an hour-long …

6.25
Movie Name : Main Street Today
Release Date : 🕔 1944-03-25
Average Rating: 6.25
Genres:
Duration :

overview : This patriotic short film promotes America's war effort at home. The story looks at a fictional small town's main street, …

6.286
Movie Name : Seeds of Destiny
Release Date : 🕔 1946-01-01
Average Rating: 6.286
Genres:
Duration :

overview : Oscar winning postwar propaganda film in support of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration. Strident but poignant, focusing on …

3.5
Movie Name : No Greater Sin
Release Date : 🕔 1941-08-29
Average Rating: 3.5
Genres:
Duration :

overview : The dangers of the dread venereal disease syphilis are depicted in this earnest drama from the 1940s. The story centers …

0.0
Movie Name : Sea Trial
Release Date : 🕔 1974-10-16
Average Rating: 0.0
Genres:
Duration :

overview : Lu Dahai and his shipbuilding team want the 10,000-ton ocean freighter "The East" to be given a sea trial. But …

0.0
Movie Name : Of the World's Horrors
Release Date : 🕔 1920-01-01
Average Rating: 0.0
Genres:
Duration :

overview : A wife and her husband have both contracted syphilis and don't know how to tell each other.

6.875
Movie Name : Kids
Release Date : 🕔 1995-07-28
Average Rating: 6.875
Genres:
Duration :

overview : A day in the life of a group of teens as they travel around New York City skating, drinking, smoking …

5.7
Movie Name : My Führer
Release Date : 🕔 2007-01-11
Average Rating: 5.7
Genres:
Duration :

overview : Hitler no longer believes in himself, and can barely see himself as an equal to even his sheep dog. But …

4.7
Movie Name : Girls in My Hometown
Release Date : 🕔 1991-01-01
Average Rating: 4.7
Genres:
Duration :

overview : Girls in my Hometown, released in 1991, is a melodrama dealing with individualism and sacrifice. A young girl has a …

8.5
Movie Name : The Flight
Release Date : 🕔 1977-10-12
Average Rating: 8.5
Genres:
Duration :

overview : When Dr. Schmith's proposal for international research on infant mortality is rejected, he decides to leave East Germany and strikes …

2.0
Movie Name : Sour Honey
Release Date : 🕔 2021-06-01
Average Rating: 2.0
Genres:
Duration :

overview : Jade and Effy exist in a paradox of determination to achieve authenticity while living a hedonistic lifestyle. In their time …

0.0
Movie Name : Defect in the Womb
Release Date : 🕔 1977-01-01
Average Rating: 0.0
Genres:
Duration :

overview : Andy lives recklessly. He decides to go straight after meeting, falling in love with and impregnating Maria. Unfortunately, his freewheeling …

0.0
Movie Name : Gekimetsu no uta
Release Date : 🕔 1945-03-29
Average Rating: 0.0
Genres:
Duration :

overview : Three daughters have graduated from the music school and have gone their separate ways. On the day of the outbreak …

Comments (0)