Status
Released
original language
English
Budget
$ 0
Revenue
$ 0

Captain Thompson

Major Stringer

Marine Clarke

Sgt. Craig

Marine Lomas

Marine Ruddock

Marine Stevens

Marine Booth

Marine Cooney

Marine Bradley

Marine Todd

Gestapo Comdt.

Assistant Gestapo Officer

Myrtie

Mrs Ruddock

Policeman

Submarine Commander Alan Grieves

Marine Bellamy (uncredited)

Soldier (uncredited)

French Fisherman

W.V.S. Woman

Claridge - Sailor in Pub

Wren Singer in Pub(uncredited)

Written by Geronimo1967 on 2022-11-14
HM Royal Marines don't tend to be centre-stage in many films depicting their wartime escapades. This one recounts their exploits trying to canoe up the Garonne and attack some vital Nazi shipping. The plot is quite interesting but both José Ferrer and Trevor Howard miss their targets - both performances are as strained as their on-screen relationship purports to be. It does celebrate the valiant efforts, however, of this daring raid with great looking photography and Ferrer directs this with a true sense of the jeopardy of the whole enterprise.