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The Cockleshell Heroes

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

starring Jose Ferrer and Trevor Howard. A gripping dramatisation of one of the most daring and heroic exploits of the Second World War.
Five small canoes head tor the French coast in the moonlight - their mission is to destroy the blockade-running German ships in Bordeaux harbour.
Ten men set out on Operation 'Cockleshell' but only two return ...
Screenplay by BRYAN FORBES and RICHARD MAIBAUM from a story by GEORGE KENT Produced by IRVING ALLEN and ALBERT R. BROCCOLI Directed by JOSE FERRER
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Contributors

Unknown:
Jose Ferrer
Unknown:
Trevor Howard.
Unknown:
Bryan Forbes
Unknown:
Richard Maibaum
Story By:
George Kent
Produced By:
Irving Allen
Produced By:
Albert R. Broccoli
Directed By:
Jose Ferrer
Major Stringer:
Jose Ferrer
Capt Thompson:
Trevor Howard
Sgt Craig:
Victor Maddern
Clarke:
Anthony Newley
Ruddock:
David Lodge
Stevens:
Peter Arne
Loman:
Percy Herbert
Booth:
Graham Stewart
Cooney:
John Fabian
Bradley:
John Vaneyssen
Todd:
Robert Desmond
Gestapo commandant:
Walter Fitzgerald
Gestapo officer:
Karel Stepanek
Source: Radio Times

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