Rating:
5.8/10 by 26 users
The Cockleshell Heroes (1955)
During WW2, German ships are "safely" docked upriver at Bordeaux, but the British send a team of kayakers to attack them.
Directing:
- José Ferrer
- Bryan Forbes
- Richard Maibaum
Release Date:
Wed, Nov 16, 1955
Rating: 5.8/10 by 26 users
Alternative Title:
Operation Cockleshell - SE
Cockle Shell Heroes - AU
Operatie Kajak - NL
Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Runtime: 01 hour 37 minutes
Budget: $0
Revenue: $0
Plot Keyword: mission, world war ii, behind enemy lines, u.s. marine, royal marines
Rating: 5.8/10 by 26 users
Alternative Title:
Operation Cockleshell - SE
Cockle Shell Heroes - AU
Operatie Kajak - NL
Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Runtime: 01 hour 37 minutes
Budget: $0
Revenue: $0
Plot Keyword: mission, world war ii, behind enemy lines, u.s. marine, royal marines
Trevor Howard
Captain Thompson
José Ferrer
Major Stringer
Anthony Newley
Marine Clarke
Victor Maddern
Sgt. Craig
Percy Herbert
Marine Lomas
David Lodge
Marine Ruddock
Peter Arne
Marine Stevens
Graham Stewart
Marine Booth
John Fabian
Marine Cooney
John Van Eyssen
Marine Bradley
Robert Desmond
Marine Todd
Walter Fitzgerald
Gestapo Comdt.
Karl Stepanek
Assistant Gestapo Officer
Dora Bryan
Myrtie
Beatrice Campbell
Mrs Ruddock
Sydney Tafler
Policeman
Christopher Lee
Submarine Commander Alan Grieves
Pat McGrath
Marine Bellamy (uncredited)
Jack Carter
Soldier (uncredited)
HM Royal Marines don't tend to be centre-stage in many films depicting their wartime escapades. This one recounts their exploits trying to canoe up the Garonne and attack some vital Nazi shipping. The plot is quite interesting but both José Ferrer and Trevor Howard miss their targets - both performances are as strained as their on-screen relationship purports to be. It does celebrate the valiant efforts, however, of this daring raid with great looking photography and Ferrer directs this with a true sense of the jeopardy of the whole enterprise.
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