The Cockleshell Heroes
War
They Called Them "Canoe Commandos"
During WW2, German ships are "safely" docked upriver at Bordeaux, but the British send a team of kayakers to attack them.
1955-11-16
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Cast
Director
José Ferrer
Trevor Howard as Captain Thompson
José Ferrer as Major Stringer
Anthony Newley as Marine Clarke
Victor Maddern as Sgt. Craig
Percy Herbert as Marine Lomas
David Lodge as Marine Ruddock
Peter Arne as Marine Stevens
John Fabian as Marine Cooney
John Van Eyssen as Marine Bradley
Robert Desmond as Marine Todd
Walter Fitzgerald as Gestapo Comdt.
Karl Stepanek as Assistant Gestapo Officer
Dora Bryan as Myrtie
Beatrice Campbell as Mrs Ruddock
Sydney Tafler as Policeman
Christopher Lee as Submarine Commander Alan Grieves
Pat McGrath as Marine Bellamy (uncredited)
Andreas Malandrinos as French Fisherman
Judith Furse as W.V.S. Woman
Patric Doonan as Claridge - Sailor in Pub