The Cockleshell Heroes

1955    1h 37m    Approved
War, Action, Drama
6.544%58%
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A Royal Marine 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.
Directed By
José Ferrer
Written By
Bryan Forbes, Richard Maibaum
Studio
Columbia Pictures, Warwick Film Productions

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Cast of The Cockleshell Heroes
  • Trevor HowardCaptain Thompson
  • José FerrerMajor Stringer
  • Anthony NewleyMarine Clarke
  • Victor MaddernSgt. Craig
  • Percy HerbertMarine Lomas
  • David LodgeMarine Ruddock
  • Peter ArneMarine Stevens
  • Graham StewartMarine Booth
  • John FabianMarine Cooney
  • John Van EyssenMarine Bradley
  • Robert DesmondMarine Todd
  • Walter FitzgeraldGestapo Comdt.
  • Karl StepanekAssistant Gestapo Officer
  • Dora BryanMyrtie
  • Beatrice CampbellMrs Ruddock
  • Sydney TaflerPoliceman
  • Christopher LeeSubmarine Commander Alan Grieves
  • Pat McGrathMarine Bellamy (uncredited)
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