The Cockleshell Heroes (1955)

Directed by

José Ferrer

Genre

war film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 34m

Rated

e 12

Rating

5.9 of 10 from 33 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is a war film about a 1942 mission where British commandos paddle folding kayaks into a German-occupied French harbor to attack enemy ships. It follows the group as they plan and carry out the dangerous raid.

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What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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