The Cockleshell Heroes
The Cockleshell Heroes
Release: 1955-11-16
·Runtime: 97m
·★ 5.9
War
During WW2, German ships are "safely" docked upriver at Bordeaux, but the British send a team of kayakers to attack them.
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Production Companies
Columbia Pictures
Warwick Film Productions
Cast
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