Attack on the Iron Coast

Attack on the Iron Coast
Original film poster by Frank McCarthy
Directed by	Paul Wendkos
Written by	Herman Hoffman John C. Champion
Produced by	John C. Champion
Starring	Lloyd Bridges Andrew Keir Sue Lloyd Mark Eden
Cinematography	Paul Beeson
Edited by	Ernest Hosler
Music by	Gerard Schurmann
Production companies	Oakmont Productions Mirisch Productions
Distributed by	United Artists
Release dates	1967 (1967) (UK) 5 June 1968 (1968-06-05) (US)
Running time	89 minutes
Countries	United Kingdom United States
Language	English

Attack on the Iron Coast is a 1967 DeLuxe Color Anglo-American Oakmont Productions international co-production war film directed by Paul Wendkos in the first of his five-picture contract with Mirisch Productions, and starring Lloyd Bridges, Andrew Keir, Sue Lloyd, Mark Eden and Maurice Denham. The film depicts an account of Allied Combined Operations Headquarters commandos executing a daring raid on the German-occupied French coast during the Second World War.^[1] The plot is based on the commando raid on the French port of St. Nazaire and is reminiscent of the film The Gift Horse.

In the United States it was released as a double feature with Danger Route.^[2] In the UK it was released as a double bill with The Beatles' animated film Yellow Submarine.^{[citation needed][3]}