The Cockleshell Heroes (1955)
1h 37m
Running Time
November 16, 1955Release Date
The Cockleshell Heroes (1955)
1h 37m
Running Time
November 16, 1955Release Date
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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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Release DateNovember 16, 1955
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 37m
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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.