The Cockleshell Heroes

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.

War

Trevor Howard

(Captain Thompson)

José Ferrer

(Major Stringer)

Anthony Newley

(Marine Clarke)

Victor Maddern

(Sgt. Craig)

Percy Herbert

(Marine Lomas)

David Lodge

(Marine Ruddock)

Peter Arne

(Marine Stevens)

Graham Stewart

(Marine Booth)

John Fabian

(Marine Cooney)

John Van Eyssen

(Marine Bradley)

Robert Desmond

(Marine Todd)

Walter Fitzgerald

(Gestapo Comdt.)

Karl Stepanek

(Assistant Gestapo Officer)

Dora Bryan

(Myrtie)

Beatrice Campbell

(Mrs Ruddock)

Sydney Tafler

(Policeman)

Christopher Lee

(Submarine Commander Alan Grieves)

Pat McGrath

(Marine Bellamy (uncredited))

Jack Carter

(Soldier (uncredited))