The Cockleshell Heroes (1955)

Name: The Cockleshell Heroes
Genre: War
Released: 1955-11-16
Duration: 97 min
Cast: Trevor Howard, José Ferrer, Anthony Newley, Victor Maddern, Percy Herbert

They Called Them "Canoe Commandos"

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

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Released 1955-11-16 · 97 min · War

Directed by José Ferrer

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
Robert Desmond as Marine Todd
Walter Fitzgerald as Gestapo Comdt.
Karl Stepanek as Assistant Gestapo Officer
Dora Bryan as Myrtie
Beatrice Campbell as Mrs Ruddock