The Cockleshell Heroes (1955)
1h 37m
Running Time
November 16, 1955Release Date
The Cockleshell Heroes (1955)
1h 37m
Running Time
November 16, 1955Release Date
Network & Production Companies

Plot.
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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Cast & Crew.

Trevor Howard
Captain Thompson

José Ferrer
Major Stringer / Director

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
Media.



Details.
Release DateNovember 16, 1955
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 37m
Genres
Last updated:
This Movie Is About.
world war ii
mission
behind enemy lines
u.s. marine
royal marines
Wiki.
The Cockleshell Heroes is a 1955 British Technicolor war film with Trevor Howard, Anthony Newley, Christopher Lee, David Lodge and José Ferrer, who also directed. The film depicts a heavily fictionalised version of Operation Frankton, the December 1942 raid on German cargo shipping by British Royal Marines Commandos, who infiltrated Bordeaux Harbour using folding kayaks.
It was the first Warwick Film to be filmed in CinemaScope. The producer, Cubby Broccoli, went on to produce films about a famous fictional commander of the Royal Navy in the James Bond franchise.
It was one of the top British box office hits of 1956.
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