Tarnished Heroes

19611961
1h 15m

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When Major Roy Bell and his company are trapped by the advancing German army, Bell decides to embark on a dangerous mission to blow up a bridge which is of strategic importance to the enemy.When Major Roy Bell and his company are trapped by the advancing German army, Bell decides to embark on a dangerous mission to blow up a bridge which is of strategic importance to the enemy.When Major Roy Bell and his company are trapped by the advancing German army, Bell decides to embark on a dangerous mission to blow up a bridge which is of strategic importance to the enemy.

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Dermot Walsh

Maj. Roy Bell

Patrick McAlinney

Reilly

Brian Peck

Bernie White

Richard Carpenter

Freddy

Max Butterfield

Tony

Maurice Kaufmann

Tom Mason

Hugh David

Hoyt

Anton Rodgers

Don Conyers

Sheila Whittingham

Josette

John Scott

Col. Moreton

Richard Bennett

Officer
(uncredited)

Eric Corrie

Officer
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Stuart Hillier

Capt. Mead
(uncredited)

Andreas Malandrinos

Flamoun
(uncredited)

Paddy Ryan

German sentry knifed by Reilly
(uncredited)

Graham Stewart

Corporal
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Frank Thornton

Trench Officer
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Col. Moreton: But they're defaulters. Drunks, deserters, thieves. The most unreliable treacherous men in the battalion.
Maj. Roy Bell: The scraping of the barrel. You won't find any men more expendable than those, Colonel.

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Good old adventure yarn

Could well be described in the old speak as a 'Ripping Yarn'. This was the type of story that would turn up in boy's comic magazines and perhaps for the same reason this film would turn up on TV in the morning of a school holiday. Its all very cheap but very effective.

Set in World War Two, Major Bell is given the task of blowing up a bridge that is a life line for German supplies, the only troops he can muster is a bunch of renegades and wasters who are awaiting a Court Martial, can he turn them into the team that will do the job while watching his own back? A cast of favourites from British TV this little gem rarely gets seen now but if you want an idea of the plot just watch The Dirty Dozen with Lee Marvin.

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