---
title: 'The Cockleshell Heroes (1955)'
type: 'film'
director: 'José Ferrer'
released: '1955-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 94
genres:
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-cockleshell-heroes-1955'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049083/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Cockleshell Heroes (1955)

1955 · 94 min · War · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

The Cockleshell Heroes is a 1955 British Technicolor war film with Trevor Howard, Anthony Newley, Christopher Lee, David Lodge and José Ferrer, who also directed. The film depicts a heavily fictionalised version of Operation Frankton, the December 1942 raid on German cargo shipping by British Royal Marines Commandos, who infiltrated Bordeaux Harbour using folding kayaks.

## Credits

- **Director:** [José Ferrer](https://cinepixo.com/people/jose-ferrer)
- **Screenplay:** [Bryan Forbes](https://cinepixo.com/people/bryan-forbes), [Richard Maibaum](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-maibaum)
- **Original Music Composer:** [John Addison](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-addison)
- **Director of Photography:** [Ted Moore](https://cinepixo.com/people/ted-moore), [John Laurence Wilcox](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-laurence-wilcox)
- **Editor:** [Alan Osbiston](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-osbiston)

## Cast

- [Jacques Brunius](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-brunius)
- [Percy Herbert](https://cinepixo.com/people/percy-herbert)
- [Trevor Howard](https://cinepixo.com/people/trevor-howard)
- [Peter Arne](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-arne)
- [Anthony Newley](https://cinepixo.com/people/anthony-newley)
- [Victor Maddern](https://cinepixo.com/people/victor-maddern)
- [Christopher Lee](https://cinepixo.com/people/christopher-lee)
- [José Ferrer](https://cinepixo.com/people/jose-ferrer)

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