The Cockleshell Heroes
They Called Them "Canoe Commandos"
A Royal Marine Reserve Major must work with a veteran Captain and a group of incorrigible recruits to attempt what is generally regarded as a suicide mission: the covert destruction of an entire German shipyard in occupied France.
Direction
Screenplay
Cast
José Ferrer
Major Geoffrey Stringer
Trevor Howard
Captain Hugh Thompson
Dora Bryan
Myrtle
Christopher Lee
Lieutenant-Commander Greaves
Victor Maddern
Marine Sgt. Craig
Anthony Newley
Marine Clarke
David Lodge
Marine Ruddock
Peter Arne
Marine Corporal Stevens
Percy Herbert
Marine Lomas
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Graham Stewart
Marine Booth
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John Addison
Composer
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Ted Moore
Cinematographer
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John Wilcox
Cinematographer