The Cockleshell Heroes

They Called Them "Canoe Commandos"

Duration: 97 min

Release date: 1955-11-16

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During WW2, German ships are "safely" docked upriver at Bordeaux, but the British send a team of kayakers to attack them.

War

The Cockleshell Heroes

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as Captain Thompson

as Major Stringer

as Marine Clarke

as Marine Lomas

as Marine Ruddock

as Marine Stevens

as Marine Booth

as Marine Cooney

John Van Eyssen

John Van Eyssen

as Marine Bradley

Walter Fitzgerald

Walter Fitzgerald

as Gestapo Comdt.

as Assistant Gestapo Officer

Beatrice Campbell

Beatrice Campbell

Christopher Lee

Christopher Lee

as Submarine Commander Alan Grieves

as Marine Bellamy (uncredited)

as Soldier (uncredited)

Andreas Malandrinos

Andreas Malandrinos

as French Fisherman

as W.V.S. Woman

as Claridge - Sailor in Pub

as Wren Singer in Pub(uncredited)

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Richard Maibaum

Richard Maibaum

Director of Photography

Director of Photography

Albert R. Broccoli

Albert R. Broccoli

Executive Producer

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