Tarnished Heroes
5.7
According to the officer's handbook, 'an officer will perform whatever task confronts him with whatever men are available' and for Major Bell the men in question are drunks, thieves and deserters. With the German army closing in on his company's position, Major Bell undertakes a suicidal mission to blow up a bridge of strategic importance to the enemy. His only help will come in the form of a rag-tag band of army rejects who must become heroes if they are to fulfil their mission and come back alive.
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Cast
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Dermot Walsh
Major Roy Bell
Known for
The Flesh and the Fiends
Anton Rodgers
Private Donald Conyers
Known for
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
The Man Who Haunted Himself
Patrick McAlinney
Private Timothy Reilly
Also in
The Omen
Butterflies
Hugh David
Private Walter Hoyt
Also in
After the Funeral
The Buccaneers
Brian Peck
Private Bernard White
Known for
A Touch of Cloth
Max Butterfield
Private Anthony Burton
Also in
Woman in a Dressing Gown
And Women Shall Weep
Richard Carpenter
Private Frederick Burton
Known for
H.M.S. Defiant
Sheila Whittingham
Josette
Also in
Richard the Lionheart
So Evil, So Young
John Scott
Colonel Moreton
Also in
The Tell-Tale Heart
Passport to Canada
Maurice Kaufmann
Private Thomas Mason
Known for
A Shot in the Dark
The Quatermass Xperiment
Ernest Morris Director · Brian Clemens Writer James Wilson Cinematographer
First release June 16, 1961 · Produced in United Kingdom
Production
Danziger Productions Ltd.
Production
United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · June 16, 1961
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Australia
November 30, 1961 · Theatrical
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