Released:
2008-11-01

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The film was due to be broadcast by ITV in 2007 but complaints from some of the families of the victims led to it being withdrawn ahead of transmission.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.

Director:
Ken Horn

Runtime:
1h 35min

Genre:
TV Movie

• Cast:
• 
  John Benfield
  as
  Peter Butcher
• 
  Robert Daws
  as
  Cannon John Jeffrey
• 
  Alex McGettigan
  as
  Lawrence Dallaglio
• 
  Peter Lorenzelli
  as
  Vincent Dallaglio
• 
  Barbara Flynn
  as
  Eileen Dallaglio