|
|
|
|
search movies
Genres
World Cinema
UK Premier
US Premier
Indie-Arthouse Cinema
Film Noir
UK Classics
US Classics
Australian
All genres
showcase
Now Available
Kino Hot Picks
Directors
Actors
collections
Kino All-time Top 100 rental titles
Christmas Movies
Blu-Ray High Definition
Featured Genre
Director's Cut
Actors' Studio
AACTA - AFI Winners . . . Best Picture
Oscar Winners . . . Best Picture
Cannes Classics
Members' Top 100 requested Titles
Service
Send a Gift
Contact Us
|
 |
Titles
|
 |
 |
|
|
The Cockleshell Heroes (1954) |
<<back |
|
|
 |
In World War II, Royal Marine Major Stringer (Jose Ferrer) and Captain Thompson (Trevor Howard) chose volunteers for an unknown job. They trained the volunteers intensively in top secrecy for more than a year and then embarked with them on the most dangerous mission of the war - the canoe invasion of an enemy-held French port; their mission to destroy enemy battleships moored there. The ten "canoe commandos" were carried to their jump-off point by submarine, despite a depth-charge attack. Facing fantastic hazards, they paddled 70 miles through enemy waters to complete their mission. But only two survivors would return...
*MR
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
