

The Cockleshell Heroes
They Called Them "Canoe Commandos"
Overview
During WW2, German ships are "safely" docked upriver at Bordeaux, but the British send a team of kayakers to attack them.
- Production
- Columbia Pictures, Warwick Film Productions
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Cast

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

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)

Andreas Malandrinos
French Fisherman

Judith Furse
W.V.S. Woman

Patric Doonan
Claridge - Sailor in Pub
Crew
- Director
- José Ferrer
- Writers
- Bryan Forbes,Richard Maibaum
- Producers
- Albert R. Broccoli
- Cinematography
- Ted Moore,John Wilcox
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CinemaSerf
November 14, 2022
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 t…
