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The Cockleshell Heroes

The Cockleshell Heroes

They Called Them "Canoe Commandos"

5.9 / 1019551h 37m

Synopsis

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

Genre: War

Status: Released

Director: José Ferrer

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Main Cast

Trevor Howard

Trevor Howard

Captain Thompson

José Ferrer

José Ferrer

Major Stringer

Anthony Newley

Anthony Newley

Marine Clarke

Victor Maddern

Victor Maddern

Sgt. Craig

Percy Herbert

Percy Herbert

Marine Lomas

David Lodge

David Lodge

Marine Ruddock

Peter Arne

Peter Arne

Marine Stevens

Graham Stewart

Marine Booth

John Fabian

John Fabian

Marine Cooney

John Van Eyssen

John Van Eyssen

Marine Bradley

User Reviews

CinemaSerf

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.