The Cockleshell Heroes
6.5
“They Called Them "Canoe Commandos"”
During WW2, German ships are "safely" docked upriver at Bordeaux, but the British send a team of kayakers to attack them.
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Cast
24 people
Trevor Howard
Captain Thompson
Known for
The Third Man
Gandhi
José Ferrer
Major Stringer
Known for
Dune
Lawrence of Arabia
Anthony Newley
Marine Clarke
Known for
The Garbage Pail Kids Movie
Doctor Dolittle
Victor Maddern
Sgt. Craig
Known for
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Carry On Cleo
Percy Herbert
Marine Lomas
Known for
The Bridge on the River Kwai
One Million Years B.C.
David Lodge
Marine Ruddock
Known for
The Return of the Pink Panther
Edge of Sanity
Karel Stepanek
Assistant Gestapo Officer
Peter Arne
Marine Stevens
Known for
The Return of the Pink Panther
Straw Dogs
Graham Stewart
Marine Booth
Also in
Carry On Sergeant
The Man Upstairs
John Fabian
Marine Cooney
Known for
First Man into Space
John Van Eyssen
Marine Bradley
Known for
Dracula
Quatermass 2
Robert Desmond
Marine Todd
Also in
The Great Escape
Compact
José Ferrer Director · Richard Maibaum Writer Bryan Forbes Writer
United States release March 27, 1956 · Produced in United Kingdom · Production Warwick Film Productions
Production
Columbia Pictures
Production · Studio
Warwick Film Productions
Production
United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · November 16, 1955
Theatrical
United States · March 27, 1956
Theatrical
Brazil
January 1, 1957 · Theatrical
Ireland
February 17, 1956 · Theatrical
Portugal
April 17, 1956 · Theatrical
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