The Cockleshell Heroes (1955)

Directors

José Ferrer

Cast

José Ferrer, Trevor Howard, Dora Bryan, Victor Maddern, David Lodge, Peter Arne, Percy Herbert, John Fabian, John Van Eyssen, Walter Fitzgerald, Karel Stepanek, Sydney Tafler, Gladys Henson, Jacques B. Brunius, Andreas Malandrinos, Judith Furse, Christopher Lee, John Blythe

The story

thumb|left|Original cockleshell canoe In the Second World War, newly promoted Major Stringer of the Royal Marines devises a novel idea for a raid. By using collapsible canoes, he believes it is possible for commandos to reach an enemy-held harbour undetected and blow up ships with limpet mines. He is given command of a small group of volunteers.

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