The Cockleshell Heroes

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The Cockleshell Heroes
US cinema poster
Directed by	José Ferrer
Screenplay by	Bryan Forbes Richard Maibaum
Based on	Cockleshell Heroes 1951 Reader's Digest story by George Kent
Produced by	Phil C. Samuel, Cubby Broccoli
Starring	José Ferrer Trevor Howard, Christopher Lee
Cinematography	John Wilcox
Edited by	Alan Osbiston
Music by	John Addison
Production company	Warwick Films
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	16 November 1955 (1955-11-16) (UK)
Running time	97 minutes[1]
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Box office	$200,000 (Germany)[2]

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.^[3] 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.

It was the first Warwick Film to be filmed in CinemaScope. The producer, Cubby Broccoli, went on to produce films about a famous fictional commander of the Royal Navy in the James Bond franchise.

It was one of the top British box office hits of 1956.