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The Cockleshell Heroes

  • 1955
  • Approved
  • 1h 37min
CALIFICACIÓN DE IMDb
6.5/10
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José Ferrer and Dora Bryan in The Cockleshell Heroes (1955)
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  • Dirección
    • José Ferrer
  • Guionistas
    • Bryan Forbes
    • Richard Maibaum
    • George Kent
  • Elenco
    • José Ferrer
    • Trevor Howard
    • Dora Bryan
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    • Dirección
      • José Ferrer
    • Guionistas
      • Bryan Forbes
      • Richard Maibaum
      • George Kent
    • Elenco
      • José Ferrer
      • Trevor Howard
      • Dora Bryan
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    • 14Opiniones de los críticos
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    José Ferrer
    José Ferrer
    • Major Geoffrey Stringer
    Trevor Howard
    Trevor Howard
    • Captain Hugh Thompson
    Dora Bryan
    Dora Bryan
    • Myrtle
    Christopher Lee
    Christopher Lee
    • Lieutenant-Commander Greaves
    Victor Maddern
    Victor Maddern
    • Marine Sgt. Craig
    Anthony Newley
    Anthony Newley
    • Marine Clarke
    David Lodge
    David Lodge
    • Marine Ruddock
    Peter Arne
    Peter Arne
    • Marine Corporal Stevens
    Percy Herbert
    Percy Herbert
    • Marine Lomas
    Graham Stewart
    • Marine Booth
    John Fabian
    • Marine Cooney
    John Van Eyssen
    • Marine Bradley
    Robert Desmond
    Robert Desmond
    • Marine Todd
    Walter Fitzgerald
    Walter Fitzgerald
    • Gestapo Commandant
    Karel Stepanek
    Karel Stepanek
    • Assistant Gestapo Officer
    Beatrice Campbell
    Beatrice Campbell
    • Mrs. Ruddock
    Sydney Tafler
    Sydney Tafler
    • Policeman
    Gladys Henson
    Gladys Henson
    • Barmaid
    • Dirección
      • José Ferrer
    • Guionistas
      • Bryan Forbes
      • Richard Maibaum
      • George Kent
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    yongsudad

    British commandoes sink German supply ships

    I saw the cockleshell heroes many years ago and greatly enjoyed it.I was impressed enough to read the factual account of the unit and mission depicted in the film.The film was good but did not begin to show the reality of the training and the hardships these men went through.The actual mission was pretty much as depicted in the film.The Royal Commandoes that made up the real unit went on to form the nucleus of what is now known as the SBS or special boat section.This is the British version of the Navy Seals,but formed many years earlier.I highly recommend reading the book.You will appreciate the film even more.
    7drystyx

    Fairly accurate

    During WW2 the "cockleshell heroes" actually did exist, and actually were ten men. Most of the "results" and "fates" depicted in this film are accurate.

    Having watched a documentary on the real story, I personally felt the real story was more interesting, but the actors in this film were obviously interesting. If you're looking for Christopher Lee in the movie, you have to wait until the ten men are transported to their mission, as Lee plays the captain of the sub that takes them there.

    Jose Ferrer got the better role in this movie. Trevor Howard plays a very stodgy and stiff and more stereotypical character, but all of the actors are very good here.

    One trouble is that we really don't get to distinguish the nine men from each other during the movie, as their names are whipped by in quick takes, with two exceptions. The actors do a very top notch job, though. I would rather that the director give us more than a few seconds in the spurts with most of the characters.

    It's a good and entertaining film, and close enough to the History (unless you're a real stickler) to enjoy as History.
    8silverscreen888

    A Vastly-Entertaining "Mission", With Delightful Characters--and Ideas...

    This has been a favorite movie of mine for many years. Its narrative relates the story of a group of eccentrics--the British Army leaders were looking for imaginative minds--to undertake a hazardous mission is small rowing boats--cockleshells--against the Nazis' ships berthed up a river. The body of this very-entertaining film comprises four parts: 1. recruiting the volunteers. 2. early training of the successful applicants. 3. later training under better discipline and 4. the raid itself and its aftermath. The underlying theme here is that even minds free of dictatorial-system thinking require self-discipline, and regulation by authorities. The films is B/W and very ruggedly filmed. The director was Jose Ferrer also, with major contributions by writers Bryan Forbes, Richard Maibaum and George Kent. Music by John Addison adds greatly to the proceedings. The serviceable cast includes Jose Ferrer as the group's enigmatic and unorthodox leader, Trevor Howard as the man who wants more discipline and is proved correct, Anthony Newley, Victor Madden, Dora Bryan, David Lodge, Peter Arne, Percy Herbert and many others. The highlight of the early part of the film is an illegal challenge exercise--the volunteers hare told to try to get back to camp from a long way off with no resources whatever. Training at managing the kayak-like craft to be used on the raid also provides some early laughs. This is an honest, well-mounted and vastly- entertaining film whose subject is really human nature and the demands made on imagination and on self-discipline in times of war. The great raid itself is staged mostly at night and is extremely well-presented visually and in its blocking. The escape following the success of the raiders' efforts against German ships that are their targets is the final achievement in this taut and very-well-made film. But the individuals, their relationships, characters and actions are what one remembers. A very-well remembered film, and one admired by many, including myself.
    don.carrick

    Little known Part of WWII History

    This is an excellent movie that depicts a little known part of WWII history and well acted with a good story line. Jose Ferrar did an excellent job of acting and directing this movie and I am trying to locate a VHS (North American) Copy to add to my library.
    8bkoganbing

    Cheers For The British Royal Marines

    The Fifties were Jose Ferrer's peak years as an actor and he was getting acclaim for all kinds of roles he was trying out. Ferrer has never been thought of as an action hero, but in a film in which he directed himself The Cockleshell Heroes, Ferrer is outstanding in a part that someone like Clint Eastwood would have been more identified with.

    This was one impossible mission given to the Royal Marines. I'm sure rowing crew at Oxford would have gotten one a starring birth on this squad. The idea here is to demolish German ships in the port of Bordeaux and render the harbor useless. The problem is that Bordeaux ain't on the coast, it's up the Gironde River.

    In an amphibious operation the idea is for a picked bunch of Royal Marines to row kayak like canoes up the river after having been landed by submarine at the coast under cover of darkness. The canoes are there to insure silence so that no unaccounted for motors are heard on the river. Then the Marines are to attach mines to the various ships and hopefully they will blow up and the Marines would escape inland with the help of the French Resistance.

    Sounds absolutely impossible, but it really did happen. The film takes us through the training and the mission and most of the Marines are killed.

    This was typical back in the day, get a known American star for a British production to insure international distribution. In Ferrer's case having one of the great speaking voices ever in film, he could be acceptably British for the audience.

    Ferrer the director got some great performances out of Ferrer the actor and the rest of his cast, particularly Trevor Howard as his second in command and administrative officer. Howard was the best in the cast, a tough man with a deep secret, he failed under fire just as World War I was ending and has a black mark on him. He gets a second chance 25 years later in another war.

    Also to be noted is David Lodge the young Royal Marine who goes AWOL to settle some trouble back home with an unfaithful wife in Beatrice Campbell.

    The film bears some resemblance to The Dirty Dozen and The Devil's Brigade, American productions from the next decade. But these Royal Marines weren't misfits made into a fighting force. They were some of the best of that generation who went on a mission impossible knowing that they most likely would not come back.

    And it's to them and the rest of the Royal Marines that this American dedicates this review to.

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      Trevor Howard once said of this movie: "The best thing about 'Cockleshell Heroes' was filming in Portugal. Beautiful country. While I was there, I ended up doing the commentary for a documentary about the country which won more awards than the film ever did. I went all over the world promoting the documentary. As for the film, well."
    • Errores
      Captain Thompson is talking to Major Stringer about his family history. He claims to have joined up in 1918 just in time to take part in the Battle of Cambrai. This was actually fought from November 20th to December 3rd 1917 so he would have missed it.
    • Citas

      Captain Thompson: Your men give the impression of being an ill-disciplined rabble. And they'll never get to Bordeaux that way.

      Major Stringer: Thompson, I'm training these men, not you. I'm the one who is responsible for the success or the failure of this project, so if you don't mind, we'll do it my way. It may not be the right way, or the Marine way, or the professional way, but it is my way and that's the way I want it.

    • Créditos curiosos
      Opening credits prologue 1: The Marines were formed 28th. October, 1664. On 29th. April, 1802, His Majesty, King George III, directed that they should be styled THE ROYAL MARINES
    • Conexiones
      Featured in Idolo en apuros (1959)
    • Bandas sonoras
      The London I Love
      Music by George Posford

      Lyrics by Harold Purcell (uncredited)

      Sung by Yana (uncredited)

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    • Fecha de lanzamiento
      • 21 de noviembre de 1955 (Reino Unido)
    • Países de origen
      • Reino Unido
      • Estados Unidos
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      • Inglés
      • Francés
      • Alemán
    • También se conoce como
      • El infierno de los héroes
    • Locaciones de filmación
      • Eastney Barracks, Southsea, Hampshire, Inglaterra, Reino Unido
    • Productora
      • Warwick Film Productions
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