The Cockleshell Heroes

Name: The Cockleshell Heroes
Genre: War
Released: 1955-11-16
Duration: 97 min
Rating: 6.5

1955 · 1h 37m · War

IMDb 6.5

The Cockleshell Heroes is a solid B-movie war flick with a killer premise—British commandos in kayaks sneaking up on German warships is exactly the kind of audacious, low-budget ingenuity that makes classic war cinema tick. At 6.5/10, it's not essential viewing, but if you're in the mood for something lean, scrappy, and unpretentious tonight, this delivers enough wartime thrills to justify 97 minutes of your time.

Plot

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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