The Cockleshell Heroes
1955 · Movie · 97 min. · United States
A British Army 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 José Ferrer
Cast José Ferrer · Trevor Howard · Dora Bryan · Victor Maddern · Anthony Newley · David Lodge · Peter Arne · Percy Herbert · Graham Stewart · John Fabian · John Van Eyssen · Robert Desmond · Walter Fitzgerald · Beatrice Campbell · Karel Stepanek · Sydney Tafler · Jacques Brunius · Gladys Henson · Andreas Malandrinos · Judith Furse · Christopher Lee · Patric Doonan
Soundtrack John Addison
Screenplay Bryan Forbes · Richard Maibaum
Cinematography Ted Moore
Original title The Cockleshell Heroes
5.4
120 votes (FilmAffinity)
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