The Cockleshell Heroes
They Called Them "Canoe Commandos"
1955 | 97m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | José Ferrer |
|---|---|
| Writer: | Bryan Forbes, Richard Maibaum |
| Staring: |
| During WW2, German ships are "safely" docked upriver at Bordeaux, but the British send a team of kayakers to attack them. | |
| Release Date: | Nov 16, 1955 |
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| Director: | José Ferrer |
| Writer: | Bryan Forbes, Richard Maibaum |
| Genres: | War |
| Keywords | world war ii, mission, behind enemy lines, u.s. marine, royal marines |
| Production Companies | Columbia Pictures, Warwick Film Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 02, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| José Ferrer | Director |
| Bryan Forbes | Writer |
| Richard Maibaum | Writer |
| Alan Osbiston | Editor |
| Ted Moore | Director of Photography |
| John Wilcox | Director of Photography |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Albert R. Broccoli | Executive Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Geronimo1967
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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 performa ... nces 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.
Nov 14, 2022