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Director:
José Ferrer
Writers:
Bryan Forbes (screenplay)
George Kent (story)
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Release Date:
27 March 1956 (USA) more
Genre:
Action | War | Drama more
Tagline:
Ten Brave Men Started Out on the Most Desperate Adventure of the War!
Plot:
During WW2, German ships are "safely" docked upriver at Bordeaux, but the British send a team of kayakers to attack them. full summary | full synopsis
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British commandoes sink German supply ships more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
José Ferrer ... Major Stringer (as Jose Ferrer)
Trevor Howard ... Captain Thompson
Dora Bryan ... Myrtie
Victor Maddern ... Sgt. Craig
Anthony Newley ... Marine Clarke
David Lodge ... Marine Ruddock
Peter Arne ... Marine Stevens
Percy Herbert ... Marine Lomas
Graham Stewart ... Marine Booth
John Fabian ... Marine Cooney
John Van Eyssen ... Marine Bradley
Robert Desmond ... Marine Todd
Walter Fitzgerald ... Gestapo Comdt.
Karel Stepanek ... Assistant Gestapo Officer
Beatrice Campbell ... Mrs. Ruddock
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Additional Details

Runtime:
110 min | USA:97 min | West Germany:94 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English | French | German
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
4-Track Stereo (Western Electric Recording)
Certification:
USA:Approved (MPAA rating: certificate #17642) | Australia:PG | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | UK:U | West Germany:16

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Of all of Victor Maddern film roles this was his favorite role. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: The German soldiers guarding the dockyard drive American jeeps. more
Quotes:
Marine Ruddock: [Marine Ruddock stumbles to the gate in his shorts, having run all the way back from the drop zone] I made it.
Sgt. Craig: You're not finished yet, Jesse Owens. Come on, double up! Pick 'em up! Hup! Two! Three! Four! Hup! Two! Three! Four! Pick 'em up! Pick 'em up! PICK 'EM UP! Hup! Two! Three! Four! Hup! Two! Three! Four! Pick 'em up! Pick 'em up...!
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Soundtrack:
The London I Love more

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16 out of 22 people found the following comment useful:-
British commandoes sink German supply ships, 1 June 2006
Author: yongsudad from United States

I saw the cockleshell heroes many years ago and greatly enjoyed it.I was impressed enough to read the factual account of the unit and mission depicted in the film.The film was good but did not begin to show the reality of the training and the hardships these men went through.The actual mission was pretty much as depicted in the film.The Royal Commandoes that made up the real unit went on to form the nucleus of what is now known as the SBS or special boat section.This is the British version of the Navy Seals,but formed many years earlier.I highly recommend reading the book.You will appreciate the film even more.

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