The Cockleshell Heroes(1955)
11/16/1955 (US)War1h 37m
5.9
"They Called Them "Canoe Commandos""
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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.
José Ferrer
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Bryan Forbes
Writer
Richard Maibaum
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A review by CinemaSerf
6.0
Written on November 14, 2022
HM Royal Marines don't tend to be centre-stage in many films depicting their wartime escapades. This one recounts their exploits trying to canoe up the Garonne and attack some vital Nazi shipping. The plot is quite interesting but both José Ferrer and Trevor Howard miss their targets - both performances are as strained as their on-screen relationship purports to be. It does celebrate the valiant efforts, however, of this daring raid with great looking photography and Ferrer directs this with a true sense of the jeopardy of the whole enterprise.
