The Cockleshell Heroes

Unrated

3/27/19561h 37m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ They Called Them "Canoe Commandos" ~

Overview:

During WW2, German ships are "safely" docked upriver at Bordeaux, but the British send a team of kayakers to attack them.

Director:

José Ferrer

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

mission
world war ii
behind enemy lines
u.s. marine
royal marines

Cast

Trevor Howard

~ as ~

Captain Thompson

José Ferrer

~ as ~

Major Stringer

Anthony Newley

~ as ~

Marine Clarke

Victor Maddern

~ as ~

Sgt. Craig

Percy Herbert

~ as ~

Marine Lomas

David Lodge

~ as ~

Marine Ruddock

Peter Arne

~ as ~

Marine Stevens

Graham Stewart

~ as ~

Marine Booth

John Fabian

~ as ~

Marine Cooney

John Van Eyssen

~ as ~

Marine Bradley

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Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf
Written 3 year(s) ago
6
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.