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They Called Them "Canoe Commandos"
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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Nov 14, 2022 · via TMDB
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.
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Trevor Howard
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José Ferrer
Major Stringer
Anthony Newley
Marine Clarke
Victor Maddern
Sgt. Craig
Percy Herbert
Marine Lomas
David Lodge
Marine Ruddock
Peter Arne
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Judith Furse
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Claridge - Sailor in Pub
Ted Moore
Director of Photography
José Ferrer
Director
Albert R. Broccoli
Executive Producer
Bryan Forbes
Writer
Richard Maibaum
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