The Cockleshell Heroes
They Called Them "Canoe Commandos"
Released 1955 • 70 years ago1h 37m23 cast members
- War
During WW2, German ships are "safely" docked upriver at Bordeaux, but the British send a team of kayakers to attack them.
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.
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21
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Still living
Showing 23 of 23 loaded cast members.
as Captain Thompson
DeceasedBorn: September 29, 1913
Died: January 7, 1988
Age at death: 74
as Major Stringer
DeceasedBorn: January 8, 1912
Died: January 26, 1992
Age at death: 80
as Marine Clarke
DeceasedBorn: September 24, 1931
Died: April 14, 1999
Age at death: 67
as Sgt. Craig
DeceasedBorn: March 16, 1926
Died: June 22, 1993
Age at death: 67
as Marine Lomas
DeceasedBorn: July 31, 1920
Died: December 6, 1992
Age at death: 72
as Marine Ruddock
DeceasedBorn: August 19, 1921
Died: October 18, 2003
Age at death: 82
as Marine Stevens
DeceasedBorn: September 29, 1920
Died: August 1, 1983
Age at death: 62
as Marine Booth
DeceasedBorn: September 5, 1927
Died: July 29, 2003
Age at death: 75
as Marine Cooney
DeceasedBorn: May 19, 1927
Died: April 11, 2012
Age at death: 84
as Marine Bradley
DeceasedBorn: March 19, 1922
Died: November 13, 1995
Age at death: 73
as Marine Todd
DeceasedBorn: December 16, 1922
Died: January 1, 2002
Age at death: 79
as Gestapo Comdt.
DeceasedBorn: May 18, 1896
Died: December 20, 1976
Age at death: 80
as Assistant Gestapo Officer
DeceasedBorn: October 27, 1899
Died: December 25, 1980
Age at death: 81
as Myrtie
DeceasedBorn: February 7, 1923
Died: July 23, 2014
Age at death: 91
as Mrs Ruddock
DeceasedBorn: July 31, 1922
Died: May 10, 1979
Age at death: 56
as Policeman
DeceasedBorn: July 31, 1916
Died: November 8, 1979
Age at death: 63
as Submarine Commander Alan Grieves
DeceasedBorn: May 27, 1922
Died: June 7, 2015
Age at death: 93
as Marine Bellamy (uncredited)
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Soldier (uncredited)
AliveBirth date not on record.
as French Fisherman
DeceasedBorn: November 14, 1888
Died: July 11, 1970
Age at death: 81
as W.V.S. Woman
DeceasedBorn: March 4, 1912
Died: August 29, 1974
Age at death: 62
as Claridge - Sailor in Pub
DeceasedBorn: April 18, 1925
Died: March 10, 1958
Age at death: 32
as Wren Singer in Pub(uncredited)
DeceasedBorn: February 16, 1932
Died: November 21, 1989
Age at death: 57